Ignacio de Loyola Brandão facts for kids
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Ignacio de Loyola Brandão
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Brandão en Frankfurt, 2013
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Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, born on July 31, 1936, is a famous Brazilian writer. He is well-known for his science-fiction novel Zero. This book tells a story about Brazil in the 1960s, when the country was ruled by a very strict government. In 2008, he won the important Prêmio Jabuti award for his book O Menino que Vendia Palavras (which means The Boy who Sold Words).
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About Ignácio de Loyola Brandão
Early Life and Writing Beginnings
Ignácio de Loyola Brandão was born and grew up in Araraquara, Brazil. His father worked for the railroad. When Ignácio was a teenager, he started writing. He wrote reviews about movies for a newspaper called A Folha Ferroviária. This newspaper was for people who worked on the railroad.
In 1956, he moved to São Paulo, which is a big city and the capital of the state. There, he worked for a newspaper called Ultima Hora. This newspaper was a tabloid, which means it was a smaller newspaper, and it had a left-leaning point of view.
His Books and Challenges
Ignácio de Loyola Brandão's first book was Depois do Sol (After the Sun). It was a collection of short stories and came out in 1965. Brazil had a new government after a big change in 1964. This government was very strict and censored books and other media.
Even with this censorship, he published his novel Bebel Que a Cidade Comeu (Bebel Eaten by the City) in 1968. His most famous and challenging book, Zero, was finished in 1969. Because it was so critical of the government, it was first published in Europe in 1974. It was translated into Italian. The book was banned in Brazil until 1979.
Working in Media and Recognition
From 1972 to 1976, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão was the first editor of a magazine called Planeta. This magazine focused on interesting topics like parapsychology, UFOs, and the environment.
He was invited to the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program in 1981 and 1982. This program brings artists from around the world to Berlin. Since 1990, he has worked as an editor for the Brazilian version of Vogue magazine. In 2005, he also started writing for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.
In 2016, the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters) gave him the Prêmio Machado de Assis. This award is given for a writer's entire collection of works. He also holds a special position, seat number 37, at the Academia Paulista de Letras. In 2019, he was chosen to be a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Besides his writing awards, the State of São Paulo honored him with the Order of Ipiranga in 2010.
Awards and Honors
Ignácio de Loyola Brandão has received many awards for his writing. Some of them include:
- 1968: Prêmio Especial do I Concurso Nacional de Contos do Paraná for Pega ele, Silêncio
- 1976: Melhor Ficção for Zero, from the Fundação Cultural do Distrito Federal
- 1984: Prêmio IILA, from the Instituto Ítalo-Latino-Americano, for Não Verás País Nenhum (published in Italian)
- 1988: Prêmio Pedro Nava and Prêmio da Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) for "Best Novel" for O Ganhador
- 2007: Prémio Fundação Biblioteca Nacional for best children's and young adult book, for O Menino que Vendia Palavras
- 2008: Prêmio Jabuti (best fiction) for O Menino que Vendia Palavras
- 2011: Chosen as a member of the Final Jury for the São Paulo Prize for Literature
- 2016: Prêmio Machado de Assis from the Academia Brasileira de Letras, for all his literary works
External Links
- Zero, a short review at nthWORD Magazine Shorts
See also
In Spanish: Ignácio de Loyola Brandão para niños
