Osvaldo Moles (14 March 1913 – 14 May 1967) was a Brazilian journalist, and

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. He made important contributions the Brazilian radio, journalism, literature, and cinema.

Biography

Born in Santos in 1913, Moles soon moved with his parents to São Paulo. His ancestors were Italian immigrants. He had a great relationship with the family of his wife, Anita Ramos. He met the modernists and began his journalistic career at the ''Diário Nacional''. Influenced by the ethnographic travels of

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, he traveled through the northeast and lived in Salvador, Bahia. Back in São Paulo, he wrote for ''Correio Paulistano''. In 1937, he participated in the foundation of ''PRG-2 Rádio Tupi'' in São Paulo and in 1941, at the invitation of Octávio Gabus Mendes, he started to work at ''PRB-9 Rádio Record'', where he met

Adoniran Barbosa Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato (6 August 1910 – 23 November 1982), was a noted Brazilian São Paulo style samba singer and composer. Biography Early years João Rubinato was the seventh child of Francesco (Fernando) Rubinat ...

. In the 1940s, the São Paulo press gave him the nickname "''the millionaire creator of programs''" to Moles and "''the millionaire creator of types''" to Barbosa. Together they wrote many songs texts, for example

Tiro ao Álvaro "Tiro ao Álvaro" is a samba song composed in 1960 by Brazilian composer and singer Adoniran Barbosa (real name João Rubinato) with the radio-journalist Osvaldo Moles. In his style of the "paulista" samba, it has humorous lyrics written in a p ...

and

Joga a chave "Joga a chave" (English: "Throw me the key") is a samba song composed in 1952 by Brazilian composer and singer Adoniran Barbosa (real name João Rubinato) with the radio-journalist Osvaldo Moles. History The song tells about a man who had a ...

. He died in 1967 by commuting suicide and the press silenced the fact; Several rumors that say he was in debt or had problems with alcoholism, which is not true. Being a backstage figure, although well known at the time, the silence of the press contributed to his work being ostracized until today. Moles osvaldo journalist brazil in 1950

Awards

* 1950 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador / Roquette Pinto – Redator Humorístico * 1952 –

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de Cinema – Melhor Argumento / Roquette Pinto – Programador Popular * 1953 – Prêmio Governador do Estado – por Roteiro de "Simão, o caolho" * 1955 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador Geral / Os melhores paulistas de 55 – Manchete RJ, Categoria Rádio. * 1956 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador Geral * 1957 – Prog. Alegria dos Bairros de J. Rosemberg – 4 August 1957 – Produtor Rádio Record / PRF3-TV Os Melhores da Semana, homenagem dos revendedores Walita * 1958 – "Tupiniquim" – Produtor / Dr. Paulo Machado de Carvalho – Associação Paulista de Propaganda – Melhor programa. * 1959 Revista RM Prêmio Octávio Gabus Mendes – Produtor (Rádio) / Grau de Comendador da Honorífica Ordem Acadêmica de São Francisco / "Tupiniquim" – Prod. Rádio / Troféu Roquette Pinto – Prog. Hum. Rádio / Diploma de Burro Faculdade São Francisco * 1960 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Especial * 1964 – Jubileu de Prata (Associação dos profissionais de imprensa de São Paulo on its 25° anniversary)

Bibliography

* MICHELETTI, B. D. . Piquenique classe C y Brás, Bexiga e Barra Funda : Osvaldo Moles como successor de António de Alcântara Machado. In: Edición a cargo de Fidel López Criado; CILEC. (Org.). LITERATURA, CINE Y PRENSA: EL CANON Y SU CIRCUNSTANCIA. 1ed.Santiago de Compostela: Andavira, 2014, v. 1, p. 641–650. * MICHELETTI, B. D. Osvaldo Moles – o legado do radialista. Tese de Mestrado (Comunicação) – PPGCOM-UNIP, São Paulo, 2015. * MOLES, O. Piquenique classe C: Crônicas e flagrantes de São Paulo. São Paulo: Boa Leitura, 1962. * MOURA, F.; NIGRI, A. Adoniran Barbosa: Se o senhor não tá lembrado. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2002. * MUGNAINI Jr., A., Adoniran – Dá Licença de Contar..., A Girafa, 2002. * CAMPOS JR., C. Adoniran: uma biografia. 2. ed. São Paulo: Globo, 2009. * LUSO JR., J. DE A.; CASTRO, J. V. DE. Laudo Natel: biografia do governador. São Paulo, 1971. * HOHLFELDT, A. Rádio e imprensa: como as duas mídias se encontraram e se fortaleceram em Moçambique. In: Conferência Internacional Império Português . Lisboa: Instituto de Ciéncias Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, 2013.

References

External links

Audiodocumentary about Osvaldo Moles
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