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Joel Silveira

ジョエル・シルヴェイラ

Joel Silveira

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-09-23 (Lagarto, Sergipe, Brazil)
Died
2007-08-15 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) age 88
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
Lagarto, Sergipe (birth) → Rio de Janeiro state (1937-2007) → Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro (later years)

Career

Occupations
journalist, writer
Active Years
1937-2007
Affiliations
Diários Associados, Última Hora, O Estado de S. Paulo, Manchete

Education

University in Rio de Janeiro
Law
Period: 1937-1939頃 (2年間)
Country: Brazil
Dropped out after second year of law school

Awards

Prêmio Machado de Assis
1998
Category: 生涯功労賞
Organization: Academia Brasileira de Letras
Result: 受賞
Líbero Badaró
Result: 受賞
Esso Especial
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
Result: 受賞
Golfinho de Ouro
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

O inverno da guerra

2005 Non-fiction

Diário do último dinossauro

2004 Non-fiction

A feijoada que derrubou o governo

2004 Non-fiction

A milésima segunda noite da Avenida Paulista

2003 Non-fiction

O dia em que o leão morreu

1986 Fiction

Bibliography

  • O inverno da guerra
  • Diário do último dinossauro
  • A feijoada que derrubou o governo
  • A milésima segunda noite da Avenida Paulista
  • Memórias de alegria
  • Os melhores contos de Joel Silveira

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Investigative journalism styleIncisive personality

Legacy

Prominent Brazilian journalist and writer, known as a war correspondent in WWII with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. Famous for investigative stories, published around 40 books, awarded Prêmio Machado de Assis in 1998.

Quotes

  • I'm not a communist, I do not belong to the Communist Party. You are tired of knowing that I am socialist, democratic.
    Source: Interview (Observatório da Imprensa) (2005)

Trivia

  • Nicknamed 'a víbora' (the viper) by Assis Chateaubriand.
  • Arrested multiple times after 1964 coup but released shortly after.