Mário Xavier de Andrade Pedrosa (25 April 1900 – 5 November 1981) was a Brazilian art and literary critic, journalist and political activist.

Biography

He was born in to the family of Pedro da Cunha Pedrosa, who was a senator. Initially affiliated with the

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, he was expelled in 1929 because of his relationship with the

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movement. On January 21, 1931, together with Lívio Xavier, Fúlvio Abramo, Aristides Lobo and

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he founded the

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related to the

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. On September 3, 1938, in Périgny , France , he represented several Latin American workers' parties at the Founding Congress of the Fourth International , under the pseudonym Lebrun, where he was elected to the International Executive Committee (IEC) of the

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. Pedrosa was a regular critic for

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(1945–1951) and later for

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(1957). Pedrosa lived mostly in exile during the military dictatorship of Brazi. From 1970 to 1973 he worked in Chile, supporting the socialist government of

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. In 1980 he participated in the founding of the Workers' Party of Brazil. Mário Pedrosa died in November 1981 after suffering from cancer for years and was buried at the

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Works

* ''Arte Necessidade Vital''. Livraria da Casa, 1949. * ''Panorama da Pintura Moderna.'' Rio de Janeiro: Ministério de Educação e Saúde, 1952. * ''A Opção Brasileira.'' Rio de Janeiro: Editora Civilização Brasileira, 1966. * ''A Opção Imperialista.'' Rio de Janeiro: Editora Civilização Brasileira, 1966. * ''Calder''. Paris: Maeght éditeur, 1975. * ''Mundo, Homem, Arte em Crise.'' São Paulo: Editora Perspectiva, 1975. * ''Arte, Forma e Personalidade.'' São Paulo: Kairós, 1979. * ''A Crise Mundial do Imperialismo e Rosa Luxemburgo.'' Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1979. * ''Sobre o PT.'' São Paulo: Ched, 1980

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedrosa, Mario 1900 births 1981 deaths Brazilian literary critics Brazilian journalists Brazilian Trotskyists Brazilian communists Brazilian Marxists Brazilian Communist Party politicians Brazilian art critics Brazilian atheists Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Humboldt University of Berlin alumni International Lenin School alumni People from Timbaúba