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Jorge Emílio Medauar

ジョルジ・エミーリオ・メダウアル

Jorji Emirio Medauaru

Aliases: Jorge Medauar

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918 (Água Preta do Mucambo, now a municipality in Uruçuca, Bahia)
Died
2003-06-03 (São Paulo) age 85
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese
Religion
Unknown Baptismal Name: Unknown
Residence History
Água Preta do Mucambo, Bahia → São Simão, São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, journalist, publicist, founder of advertising school
Active Years
1945-2003
Affiliations
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), O Estado de S. Paulo, A Tarde (Salvador), O Globo
Memberships
União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE), Academia de Letras de Ilhéus, Academia de Literatura Infantil e Juvenil de São Paulo
Influenced By
Manuel Bandeira, Guimarães Rosa, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Graciliano Ramos, Jorge Amado

Awards

Prêmio Jabuti
1958
Work: Água Preta
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Governador do Estado de São Paulo
1963
Work: O incêndio
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Água Preta

1958 Short stories

Collection of short stories about his hometown.

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O incêndio

1963 Short stories

Collection of short stories.

Bibliography

  • Chuva sobre a tua semente (1945)
  • Morada de paz (1949)
  • Prelúdios noturnos e tema de amor (1954)
  • À estrela e aos bichos (1956)
  • Fluxograma (1959)
  • Jogo chinês (1962)
  • Água Preta (1958)
  • 2 contos de festas (1958)
  • A procissão e os porcos (1960)
  • Histórias de menino (1961)
  • O incêndio (1963)
  • O dinheiro do caju – O cigano (1963)
  • Jorge Medauar conta estórias de Água Preta (1975)
  • No dia em que os peixes pescaram os homens (1978)
  • Bom como diabo (1982)
  • Visgo da terra (1983)
  • Contos encantados (1985)
  • Viventes de Água Preta (1996)
  • Ensaios (2000)

Legacy

Brazilian poet and writer known for works inspired by his hometown in Bahia. Also active as a journalist and founder of an advertising school. Associated with prominent literary figures.

Trivia

  • Syrian Brazilian.
  • Worked for magazines linked to the Brazilian Communist Party.