Alberto Dines (February 19, 1932 – May 22, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Biography

With a career spanning over five decades, Dines directed and launched several magazines and newspapers in Brazil and

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. He has taught journalism since 1963, and was a visiting professor at the

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in 1974. Dines was the editor in chief of ''

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'' for twelve years, in addition to coordinating the

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branch of ''

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''. He was also the director of

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in Portugal, where he launched the ''Exame'' magazine. After years of dodging the military dictatorship censorship as the editor in chief of ''Jornal do Brazil'', Dines was fired in June 1974 for publishing an article criticizing the overtly amicable relationship between the owners of the newspaper and the state government of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to working as a journalist, Dines has written over 15 books, including ''Death in Paradise, the Tragedy of Stefan Zweig'' (1981) and ''Fire Links – Antônio José da Silva, the Jew and other stories of the Inquisition in Portugal and Brazil'' (1992). His book about

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was adapted into the film ''Lost Zweig'' (2002), directed by Sylvio Back. Dines also discussed Zweig in a documentary by the same director. In April 1996, Dines launched the groundbreaking ''

Observatório da Imprensa ''Observatório da Imprensa'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Press Observer'') is a Brazilian website, and also television and radio programs, which focuses on the analysis of the current state of the mass media in the country. History ...

'' website. The media analysis website was later adapted into a weekly TV show, currently aired by

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, and a daily radio show, aired on public stations.

Awards

* 1970:

Maria Moors Cabot Prize The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international awards in the field of journalism. They are presented each fall by the Trustees of Columbia University to journalists in the Western hemisphere who are viewed as having made a significant co ...

* 2005: Prêmio Imprensa Estrangeira * October 2007:

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* 2009:

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* March 29, 2010: Roberto Marinho Prize for Communication (Brazil)

Works

*''Morte no paraíso, a tragédia de

'', Editora Nova Fronteira (1981), Editora Rocco (2004) *''Tod im Paradies. Die Tragödie des

'', Edition Büchergilde (2006)

References

External links

''Observatório da Imprensa'', the website

''Observatório da Imprensa'', the TV show
1932 births 2018 deaths Brazilian Jews Brazilian journalists Male journalists Brazilian magazine editors Jewish Brazilian writers Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art Stefan Zweig People from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-journalist-stub