Braga, Rubem

Braga, Rubem

▪ Brazilian journalist
born January 12, 1913, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil
died December 19, 1990, Rio de Janeiro

      Brazilian journalist and author, best known for his numerous volumes of crônicas, short prose sketches integrating elements of essay and fiction.

      As a journalist, Braga worked on almost all the periodicals of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. He was a foreign correspondent in Italy during World War II and later in Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, and the United States. For a three-year period (1961–63) he served as Brazilian ambassador in Morocco.

      As a cronista, Braga reflected the joy of living, a keen sense of benevolent humour, a compassionate tolerance toward the human types treated in his sketches (principally the urban population of Rio de Janeiro and its environs), and an affirmation of optimism and solidarity among peoples. His best-known collections include O conde e o passarinho (1936; “The Count and the Little Bird”), O homem rouco (1949; “The Hoarse Man”), A borboleta amarela (1956; “The Yellow Butterfly”), Ai de ti, Copacabana! (1960; “Woe to You, Copacabana!”), Livro de versos (1980; “Book of Verses”), and Crônicas do Espírito Santo (1984; “Sketches of the Holy Spirit”).

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