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Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira | |
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 Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira | |
| Born | (1935-12-30)30 December 1935 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Died | 10 November 2017(2017-11-10) (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Professor, Political Scientist, Historian, Poet |
| Known for | His extensive literary and historical works |
| Awards | Juca Pato Prize, Brazilian Intellectual of 2005, Order of Rio Branco (Grand Officer), Order of May, German Cross of Merit |
Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira (30 December 1935,Salvador, Bahia,Brazil – 10 November 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor,political scientist, historian and poet.
Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira is a descendant of the early settlers of Brazil, several times, theCasa da Torre ("House of the Tower") family in particular (Garcia d'Ávila descendants family). Moniz Bandeira's workO Feudo – A Casa da Torre de Garcia d'Ávila describes the history of the Casa da Torre throughout the centuries, from the 16th century to the independence of Brazil. He is also a descendant of Diogo Álvares Correia, the "Caramuru", famous colonizer of Brazil. Bandeira started writing poems at an early age. His first book,Verticais, was published in 1956 when he was 20 years old. In 1960, he published another,Retrato e Tempo. While inlaw school, Bandeira, worked for newspapers inRio de Janeiro such asCorreio da Manhã andDiário de Notícias, and participated in political life as a socialist militant linked to theBrazilian Labour Party.[1] When the1964 coup d'état overthrew PresidentJoão Goulart, Bandeira fled into exile inUruguay.[2]
He returned to Brazil some years later and led a clandestine life,[3] continuing his historical research and writing, while participating in the resistance against the military regime. He was subsequently arrested by theBrazilian Navy and spent two years as apolitical prisoner.[4]
After being freed at the end of 1973, Bandeira went back to São Paulo, where he became professor at the Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo. In 1976, he receivedgrants from, among other institutions, theFord Foundation, to conduct research inArgentina, Uruguay, andParaguay on Brazil's historical role in theRío de la Plata Basin. From 1977 through 1979, he extended this research project to the United States and Europe, thanks to a post-doctoral fellowship awarded by the Social Science Research Council and the Joint Committee on Latin America Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies in New York.
Bandeira graduated injuridical sciences, and also holds aPh.D. inpolitical science from theUniversity of São Paulo. He held the Chair of History of Brazilian Foreign Policy in the Department of History at theUniversity of Brasília.[5]He was awarded the Juca Pato Prize and named as Brazilian Intellectual of 2005[3] for the bookFormação do Império Americano (Da Guerra contra a Espanha à Guerra no Iraque). He was subsequently awarded anhonorary doctorate by UniBrasil inCuritiba. Bandeira has been invited to lecture in many countries around the world.[6] He was an Under-Secretary in Rio de Janeiro's State Government, being its representative in the federal capital, Brasília, from 1991 through 1994 and acultural attaché at the Consulate-General of Brazil inFrankfurt am Main from 1996 through 2002.[4] Bandeira has been awarded theOrder of Rio Branco (Grand Officer), theOrder of May, and the GermanCross of Merit.[4]
Bandeira died on 10 November 2017 at the age of 81.[6]
He has written prolifically and published more than 20 books.Among Moniz Bandeira's books are:
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