Prêmio Machado de Assis
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Edition 53 (1996) Winner
Carlos Heitor Cony
かるろす・えいとる・こに
Karurosu Eitoru Koni
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-03-14 （Rio de Janeiro）
- Died
- 2018-01-05 （Rio de Janeiro） age 91
- Nationality
- Brazil, Brazilian
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Rio de Janeiro → Cuba (1967-1968)
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, writer, editor, civil servant, radio editor, television director
- Active Years
- 1946-2018
- Affiliations
- Brazilian Academy of Letters, Folha de S.Paulo, Jornal do Brasil, Correio da Manhã
- Memberships
- Brazilian Academy of Letters (5th Academic of the 3rd Chair, 2000–2018)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archdiocesan Seminary of São José | — | Theology | — | 〜1945 | Brazil |
| University of Brazil | Faculty of Philosophy | — | — | 1946-1947 | Brazil |
Archdiocesan Seminary of São José
Theology
Period:
〜1945
Country:
Brazil
Abandoned before ordination
University of Brazil
Faculty of Philosophy
Period:
1946-1947
Country:
Brazil
Interrupted
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Jabuti Prize | Quase Memória | Livro do Ano - Ficção | Câmara Brasileira do Livro | winner |
| 1957 | Manuel Antonio de Almeida Prize | A Verdade de Cada Um | — | Rio de Janeiro City Hall | winner |
| 1958 | Manuel Antonio de Almeida Prize | Tijolo de Segurança | — | Rio de Janeiro City Hall | winner |
Jabuti Prize
1996
Work:
Quase Memória
Category:
Livro do Ano - Ficção
Organization:
Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result:
winner
Manuel Antonio de Almeida Prize
1957
Work:
A Verdade de Cada Um
Organization:
Rio de Janeiro City Hall
Result:
winner
Manuel Antonio de Almeida Prize
1958
Work:
Tijolo de Segurança
Organization:
Rio de Janeiro City Hall
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Quase Memória
1995 novelReturn to fiction after 22 years, sold over 400,000 copies, one of his most famous works.
memoryself-reflectionpolitics
Pessach: A Travessia
1967 novelA representation of social struggle and the intellectual of the 60s.
Passoveroppressionresistance
Pilatos
1973 novelOne of his last fiction works before focusing on journalism.
politicsmorality
Bibliography
- O Ventre
- A Verdade de Cada Dia
- Tijolo de Segurança
- Informação ao Crucificado
- Matéria de Memória
- Antes, o Verão
- Balé Branco
- Pessach: A Travessia
- Pilatos
- Quase Memória
- O Piano e a Orquestra
- A casa do Poeta Trágico
- Romance sem Palavras
- O Indigitado
- A Tarde da sua Ausência
- O Adiantado da Hora
- A Morte e a Vida
- Paixão segundo Mateus
Adaptations
- Four works adapted to movies
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- political and criticallyricaljournalistic
- Recurring Motifs
- military dictatorshipmemoryself-criticismsocial struggle
Health
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speech impediment1926-1941Considered mute until age 4, home-schooled initially, surgery at 15.
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lymphoma2001-2018Battled while continuing writing.
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multiple organ failure2018Cause of death.
Legacy
Renowned member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, opposed military dictatorship and arrested six times, awarded Jabuti Prize among literary achievements.
Quotes
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In one of the six arrests during the military regime, a colonel asked me why I wrote so much nonsense in the newspaper I was working for. I agreed with him. To this day, I think I have done nothing else.
Source: Folha de S.Paulo (2006)
Trivia
- Considered 'mute' by family until age 4.
- Spoke first words reacting to a seaplane noise in Niterói.
- Arrested six times under military regime, self-exiled in Cuba.
- Son of journalist Ernesto Cony Filho.