Eliane Brum (born May 1966, in

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) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and documentarist. In 2019, she was long-listed for a National Book Award.

Life

She graduated from the

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(PUC / RS) in 1988 and has written for

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, Época and

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and won more than 40 international awards for reporting, among them the Premio Rey de España and the Inter American Associated Press Award. Brum is the author of a novel - ''Uma Duas'' (published in English by AmazonCrossing as ''One Two'' - three feature news stories books: ''Coluna Prestes - O Avesso da Lenda'', ''A Vida que Ninguém Vê'' (which was awarded in 2007 the

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) and ''O Olho da Rua'' - and ''A Menina Quebrada'', a collection of columns written by her in Época magazine's website. Her work appeared in ''

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''. and ''El Pais''. She participated in the

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compilation of special reports Dignity !, which also included authors such as

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. She is co-director of three documentaries: ''Severina's Story'', ''Gretchen Filme Estrada'', and '' Laerte-se''. She is married to British journalist

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Works

* ** ''One Two'' AmazonCrossing *''The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections'', Graywolf , 2019. *

References

External links

Elian Brum's official page (in Portuguese)Portal dos Jornalistas - Eliane BrumRevista Época - Eliane BrumEliane Brum Is in the Reforesting Vanguard
''The Nation'', May 22, 2023 1966 births Brazilian journalists Brazilian women writers Living people Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni {{Brazil-journalist-stub