Ruy Castro (born 27 February 1948, in
Caratinga
Caratinga is a municipality in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population in 2020 was 92,603 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality was 1,251 km2. The elevation is 578 meters above sea level, with maximum elevation of 1 ...
) is a Brazilian author and journalist. In 1996 he was a co-winner of the
Prêmio Jabuti. He is known for his writings concerning
Bossa nova
Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovat ...
and for his biographies, profiling figures such as
Garrincha
Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one o ...
,
Nelson Rodrigues and
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The Br ...
.
On 6 October 2022 he was elected to occupy the Chair number 13 at the
Brazilian Academy of Letters, in succession to
Sérgio Paulo Rouanet
Sérgio Paulo Rouanet (23 February 1934 – 3 July 2022) was a Brazilian diplomat, philosopher, essayist, and scholar. He was the national Secretary of Culture between 1991 and 1992, and in his tenure he created the ''Lei de Incentivo à Cultu ...
.
Published works
* ''
Chega de Saudade: A história e as histórias da Bossa Nova'' - 1990;
* ''O Anjo Pornográfico: A vida de
Nelson Rodrigues'' - 1992;
* ''Saudades do Século XX'' - 1994;
* ''
Estrela Solitária - Um Brasileiro Chamado Garrincha'' - 1995 (
prêmio Jabuti in 1996);
* ''Ela é Carioca'' - 1999;
* ''Bilac Vê Estrelas'' - 2000;
* ''O Pai que era Mãe'' - 2001;
* ''A Onda que se Ergueu no Mar'' - 2001;
* ''Carnaval no Fogo'' - 2003;
* ''Flamengo: O Vermelho e o Negro'' - 2004;
* ''Amestrando Orgasmos'' - 2004;
* ''
Carmen - Uma Biografia'' - 2005 (
prêmio Jabuti in 2006
);
* ''Rio Bossa Nova'' - 2006;
* ''Tempestade de Ritmos'' - 2007;
* ''Era no tempo do rei: Um romance da chegada da corte'' - 2007;
* ''Terramarear'' (co-authored with
Heloísa Seixas) - 2011;
* ''Morrer de Prazer - Crônicas da Vida por um Fio'' - 2013;
* ''Letra e música'' - 2013
* ''A noite do meu bem - a história e as histórias do Samba-Canção'' - 2015
Adaptations and anthologies
* ''Mau-Humor: Uma antologia definitiva de citações venenosas'';
* ''Contos de Estimação'';
* ''Querido Poeta: Correspondência de
Vinicius de Moraes
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrigh ...
''.
References
People from Minas Gerais
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Male journalists
1948 births
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Living people
Brazilian biographers
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20th-century Brazilian novelists
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21st-century Brazilian novelists
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