Prêmio Jabuti
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Edition 0 (1983) Winner
Caio Fernando Abreu
カイオ・フェルナンド・アブレウ
Caio Fernando Abreu
Aliases:
Caio F.
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-09-12 （Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul）
- Died
- 1996-02-25 （Porto Alegre） age 47
- Nationality
- Brazilian
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Residence History
- Santiago do Boqueirão, Rio Grande do Sul → Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul → Europe (England, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Spain) → Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo → France → Porto Alegre (permanent)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 1970-1996
- Influenced By
- Clarice Lispector, Julio Cortázar
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | — | — | — | — | Brazil |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Country:
Brazil
abandoned before graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Prêmio Jabuti | Triângulo das águas | — | Câmara Brasileira do Livro | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Prêmio Jabuti | Os dragões não conhecem o paraíso | — | Câmara Brasileira do Livro | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Molière Prize | A maldição do Vale Negro | — | Air France | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Prêmio Jabuti | Ovelhas negras | — | Câmara Brasileira do Livro | 受賞 |
Prêmio Jabuti
1983
Work:
Triângulo das águas
Organization:
Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1988
Work:
Os dragões não conhecem o paraíso
Organization:
Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result:
受賞
Molière Prize
1988
Work:
A maldição do Vale Negro
Organization:
Air France
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1995
Work:
Ovelhas negras
Organization:
Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Morangos mofados
1982 short storiesCollection of short stories featuring gay characters and marginalized individuals.
queer identityurban alienation
Translations
- Moldy Strawberries (English)
Os dragões não conhecem o paraíso
1988 short storiesFamous short story collection with queer monster-like characters.
monstrositygay themesAIDS
Onde andará Dulce Veiga
1990 novelMystery about a missing singer.
disappearanceurban legend
Adaptations
- [film] Onde Andará Dulce Veiga / Guilherme de Almeida Prado (2007)
Translations
- Whatever Happened to Dulce Veiga
Bibliography
- Inventory of hopelessness (1970)
- White Limit (1971)
- Stabbed egg (1975)
- Stones from Calcutá (1977)
- Moldy Strawberries (1982)
- Triangle of waters (1983)
- Pullets (1988)
- Dragons don't know paradise (1988)
- Curse of black valley (1988)
- Where is Dulce Veiga? (1990)
- Quite distant from Marienbad (1994)
- Black sheep (1995)
- Honey & Sunflowers (1996)
Adaptations
- Aqueles Dois (film, 1983, dir. Sergio Amon)
- Sargento Garcia (short film, 2000, dir. Tutti Gregianin)
- Onde Andará Dulce Veiga (film, 2007, dir. Guilherme de Almeida Prado)
Translations by Author
- The Art of War (Sun Tzu, 1995)
- Thus We Live Now (Susan Sontag, 1995)
- The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson McCullers, 1991)
Translations of Works
- Morangos mofados → Moldy Strawberries (English, 2022)
- Onde andará Dulce Veiga → Whatever happened to Dulce Veiga (English, 2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- confessional literaturecamp stylequeer literature
- Recurring Motifs
- gay and bisexual identitiesAIDSurban alienationmonsters/dragons
Health
-
HIV/AIDS1994-1996Diagnosed in 1994, died in 1996 in Porto Alegre. Impacted his writing.
Legacy
One of the most influential Brazilian writers of the 1970s and 1980s, pioneer of queer literature.
In Popular Culture
- Google Doodle on 70th birthday in 2018.
Trivia
- Habitually signed letters as Caio F.
- Was on DOPS wanted list during military dictatorship, sheltered by Hilda Hilst.
- Enjoyed gardening.