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João Antônio Ferreira Filho

ジョアン・アントニオ・フェレイラ・フィーリョ

João Antônio Ferreira Filho

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-01-27 (Osasco)
Died
1996-10-31 (Rio de Janeiro) age 59
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Osasco (suburb of São Paulo) → Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo → Germany

Career

Occupations
journalist, short story writer
Active Years
1963-1996

Awards

Jabuti Prize (best new author)
1963
Work: Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço
Category: 最優秀新人作家
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Jabuti Prize (best book of short stories)
1963
Work: Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço
Category: 最優秀短編集
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Fabio Prado
1963
Work: Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Municipal da Cidade de São Paulo
1963
Work: Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço
Organization: City of São Paulo
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço

1963 short story collection

A collection of short stories portraying the lives of marginalized people on the outskirts of large cities.

marginalized peoplepovertyurban outskirtsbanditsworkersvagrantsmalandros
Adaptations
  • [film] O Jogo da Vida / Maurice Capovila (1977)

Bibliography

  • Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço (1963)
  • Leão-de-chácara (1975)
  • Malhação do Judas carioca (1975)
  • Casa de Loucos (1976)
  • Lambões de Caçarola (Trabalhadores do Brasil!) (1977)
  • Calvário e Porres do Pingente Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (1977)
  • Ô Copacabana! (1978)
  • Dedo-duro (1982)
  • Meninão do caixote (coletânea) (1984)
  • Abraçado ao meu rancor (1986)
  • Zicartola e que tudo mais vá pro inferno! (1991)
  • Guardador (1992)
  • Um herói sem paradeiro (1993)
  • Patuléia (1996)
  • Sete vezes rua (1996)
  • Dama do Encantado (1996)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
raw realismcolloquial languageportrayal of urban underclass
Recurring Motifs
outskirts of large citiesmarginalized individualsviolencepoverty

Legacy

Known in Brazilian literature for realistically portraying the lives of the urban underclass.

Archives

  • CEDAP (Center of Documentation and Research) at São Paulo State University, Assis campus

Trivia

  • The manuscript of his debut work was destroyed in a fire and rewritten over two years.
  • His body was discovered 15 days after his death.