Boris Fausto (December 8, 1930 – April 18, 2023) was a Brazilian historian, political scientist and writer.
During his career, he carried out studies on the political history of Brazil in the republican period, about mass immigration to Brazil, crime and criminality in São Paulo and authoritarian thinking.
One of his main works is ''Revolução de 1930 - historiografia e história'' (
The 1930 Revolution - historiography and history), first published in 1970, in which he confronts visions that defend the state of São Paulo during the 1930 revolution and the subsequent
1932 Constitutionalist Revolution.
Early life
Fausto was born to a family of
Jewish immigrants. His mother, Eva, was born in
Turkey
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, while his father Simon, was born in
Transylvania
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, current
Romania
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. He attended
Colégio Mackenzie as an elementary student and
Colégio São Bento at high school. He graduated in
Law
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in 1953 and then mastered in
History
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in 1966 at
University of São Paulo
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(USP). In 1965, he became an assistant professor at the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
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(PUC-SP). In 1968 he post-graduated at USP and, in the same year, obtained his doctor's degree. In 1975 he became an Associate Professor of political sciences at USP and from 1988 to 1997, he was a retired professor-collaborator of the Political Sciences Department of USP. In 2001, he was nominated for the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
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Publications
It publishes a lar ...
.
Personal life and death
In 1961, he married educator and co-founder of
Escola Vera Cruz, Cynira Stocco Fausto (1931–2010), with whom he had two sons, sociologist Sérgio Fausto and anthropologist Carlos Fausto.
Fausto died in São Paulo on April 18, 2023, at the age of 92.
Awards
* 1995 -
Prêmio Jabuti
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-
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People
* António de Vasconcelos e Sousa Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga, 8th Count of Calheta, 4th Marquis of Castelo Melhor and Constable of Portugal ...
- Category Textbook (with ''História do Brasil'')
* 1998 - Prêmio Jabuti - Câmara Brasileira do Livro - Category Human Sciences (with ''Negócios e ócios: histórias da imigração'' and ''Fazer a América: a imigração em massa para a América'')
* 1999 -
Annual Americas's Award - The Crime, Law and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association.
* 2000 - Prêmio Jabuti - Câmara Brasileira do Livro - Category Human Sciences
Bibliography
Author
* ''Trabalho urbano e conflito social'', DIFEL, 1977; Ed. Bertrand Brasil, 5.e., 2000.
* ''Crime e cotidiano: A Criminalidade em São Paulo (1880-1924)'', 1.ed., Editora Brasiliense 1984; 2.ed., EDUSP, 2001.
* ''Historiografia da imigração para São Paulo'', IDESP, Editora Sumaré, 1991.
* ''História do Brasil'', Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Educação, 1994.
* ''Brasil, de colônia a democracia'', Alianza, 1995. , (em espanhol)
* ''Imigração e política em São Paulo'', Editora Sumaré, 1995 , Diversos autores.
* ''A Revolução de 1930: historiografia e história'', Companhia das Letras, 1997.
* ''Negócios e ócios: histórias da imigração'', Companhia das Letras, 1997.
* ''Fazer a América: a imigração em massa para a América'', EDUSP, 1999. (organizer)
* ''História Concisa do Brasil'', EDUSP, IMESP, 2000.
* ''O pensamento nacionalista autoritário'', Jorge Zahar Editor, 2001.
* ''Brasil e Argentina: Um ensaio de história comparada (1850-2002)'', Editora 34, 2004. , Co-autoria: Fernando J. Devoto.
* ''Memória e história'', Editora Graal, 2005.
* ''Céu da boca: Lembranças de refeições da infância'', Editora Ágora (Summus Editorial), 2006. , Various authors
* ''Getúlio Vargas: O poder e o sorriso'', Companhia das Letras, 2006.
* ''O crime do restaurante chinês: Carnaval, futebol e justiça na São Paulo dos anos 30'', Companhia das Letras, 2009.
* ''Memórias de um historiador de domingo'', Companhia das Letras, 2010.
Collection General History of the Brazilian Civilization
A collection released in the 1990s and re-released in the 2000s by
Editora Bertrand Brasil, co-written with
Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda
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.
* Vol.01 - A época colonial: do descobrimento à expansão territorial.
* Vol.02 - A época colonial: administração, economia, sociedade.
* Vol.03 - O Brasil monárquico: o processo de emancipação.
* Vol.04 - O Brasil monárquico: dispersão e Unidade.
* Vol.05 - O Brasil monárquico: reações e transações.
* Vol.06 - O Brasil monárquico: declínio e queda do Império.
* Vol.07 - O Brasil monárquico: do Império à República.
* Vol.08 - O Brasil republicano: estrutura de poder e economia (1889-1930).
* Vol.09 - O Brasil republicano: sociedade e instituições (1889-1930).
* Vol.10 - O Brasil republicano: sociedade e política (1930-1964).
* Vol.11 - O Brasil republicano: economia e cultura (1930-1964).
Participation
* Ladrilhadores e semeadores: a modernização brasileira no pensamento político de Oliveira Vianna, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Azevedo Amaral e Nestor Duarte (1920-1940) - (Prefácio de Bóris Fausto), Luiz Guilherme Piva, Editora 34, 2000.
* Conversas com historiadores brasileiros, (Org. José Geraldo Vinci de Moraes e José Marcio Rego), Editora 34, 2002.
References
External links
Curriculum vitae
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1930 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Brazilian historians
Brazilian political scientists
Writers from São Paulo
Mackenzie Presbyterian University alumni
University of São Paulo alumni
Academic staff of the University of São Paulo
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
Brazilian people of Turkish-Jewish descent
Brazilian people of Romanian-Jewish descent
21st-century Brazilian historians