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| Born | Mário Xavier de Andrade Pedrosa (1900-04-25)April 25, 1900 |
| Died | November 5, 1981(1981-11-05) (aged 81) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin International Lenin School |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, journalist, art critic, essayist |
| Political party | Brazilian Communist Party Communist League |
| Other political affiliations | Workers' Party |
| Awards | Ordem do Mérito Cultural |
Mário Xavier de Andrade Pedrosa (25 April 1900 – 5 November 1981) was a Brazilian art and literary critic, journalist and political activist.
Pedrosa was born in to the family of Pedro da Cunha Pedrosa, who was a senator.[1]
Initially affiliated with theBrazilian Communist Party, he was expelled in 1929 because of his relationship with theTrotskyist movement. On January 21, 1931, together with Lívio Xavier, Fúlvio Abramo, Aristides Lobo andBenjamin Péret he founded theCommunist League related to theInternational Left Opposition.[2]
On September 3, 1938, in Périgny , France , he represented several Latin American workers' parties at the Founding Congress of the Fourth International , under the pseudonym Lebrun, where he was elected to the International Executive Committee (IEC) of theFourth International.[2]
Pedrosa was a regular critic forCorreio da Manhã (1945–1951) and later forJornal do Brasil (1957).
Pedrosa lived mostly in exile during themilitary dictatorship of Brazil.[3] From 1970 to 1973 he worked in Chile, supporting the socialist government ofSalvador Allende.
In 1980 he participated in the founding of theWorkers' Party of Brazil.[4]
Mário Pedrosa died in November 1981 after suffering from cancer for years and was buried at theCemitério de São João Batista.
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