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Jorge Mautner

ジョルジ・マウトネル

Joruji Mautoneru

Aliases: Henrique George Mautner

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-01-17 (Rio de Janeiro)
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese, English
Religion
Candomblé
Residence History
Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo → United States → London → Rio de Janeiro

Career

Occupations
singer-songwriter, lyricist, poet, screenwriter, violinist, actor
Active Years
1962-2024
Affiliations
Brazilian Communist Party
Memberships
Brazilian Communist Party
Influenced By
Paul Goodman, Robert Lowell, Mário Schenberg
Influenced
Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil

Education

Colégio Dante Alighieri
High School
Period: 1940s-1950s
Country: Brazil
Expelled before graduating high school for writing a text considered 'indecent' by teachers

Awards

Prêmio Jabuti
1963
Work: Deus da Chuva e da Morte
Category: 文学
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Latin Grammy Award
2003
Work: Eu Não Peço Desculpa
Category: 最優秀フォーク/トラディショナル・アルバム
Organization: Latin Recording Academy
Result: 受賞
Ordem do Mérito Cultural
2003
Organization: Brazilian Government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Deus da Chuva e da Morte

1962 novel

First part of the Mitologia do Kaos trilogy, a fantastical story about the god of rain and death.

chaosmythologydeath

Kaos

1963 novel

Second part of Mitologia do Kaos, defining the 'Kaos Movement' ideology.

chaosrevolution

Narciso em Tarde Cinza

1965 novel

Third part of Mitologia do Kaos trilogy.

narcissismloneliness

O Filho do Holocausto

2006 autobiography

Autobiography inspired by his parents' escape from the Holocaust.

Holocaustidentity
Adaptations
  • [documentary film] Jorge Mautner: O Filho do Holocausto / Pedro Bial, Heitor d'Alincourt (2012)

Bibliography

  • Deus da Chuva e da Morte: Mitologia do Kaos, Vol. I
  • Kaos: Mitologia do Kaos, Vol. II
  • Narciso em Tarde Cinza: Mitologia do Kaos, Vol. III
  • Vigarista Jorge
  • Fragmentos de Sabonete
  • Panfletos da Nova Era
  • Fundamentos do Kaos
  • Miséria Dourada
  • Floresta Verde-Esmeralda
  • O Filho do Holocausto
  • Kaos Total

Style & Themes

Literary Style
fantasticalpoeticchaotic
Recurring Motifs
chaosmythologyHolocaust

Health

  • heart attack
    2016-07
    Underwent surgery to implant four stents and recovered

Legacy

Pioneer of MPB and Tropicalia movement. Founder of the Kaos Movement, influential in literature and music.

In Popular Culture

  • Documentary film 'Jorge Mautner: O Filho do Holocausto' released in 2012

Trivia

  • Parents emigrated from Europe to Brazil to escape the Holocaust
  • Mother was Catholic Croat, father Austrian Jew
  • Introduced to Candomblé by nanny
  • Began writing first book at 15, won Prêmio Jabuti
  • Arrested during 1964 Brazilian coup d'état but released