Sábato Antonio Magaldi (May 9, 1927 – July 14, 2016) was a Brazilian theater critic, playwright, journalist, teacher, essayist and historian.[1]
Magaldi was born inBelo Horizonte. He graduated in the law course; however, before the age of 20, he wrote his first criticism, of a play byJean-Paul Sartre, beginning his career as a theater critic. In 1948, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he wrote reviews for the newspaper Diário Carioca, replacingPaulo Mendes Campos as a critic. In 1953, Magaldi went to work in São Paulo, exercising his role in the newspapersO Estado de São Paulo and in Jornal da Tarde, starting in 1966.[2]
He was professor of History of the Brazilian Theater at the School of Dramatic Art at theSchool of Communications and Arts of theUniversity of São Paulo. He also taught for four years at French universities at theUniversity of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle) andUniversity of Provence.[3] He also was the first municipal secretary of Culture of São Paulo, between April 1975 and July 1979, in theOlavo Setúbal administration.
Magaldi was a member of theBrazilian Academy of Letters, being elected on December 8, 1994, taking office in July 1995, occupying the chair No. 24 afterCiro dos Anjos.[4]
Sábato Magaldi was one of the organizers of the work ofNelson Rodrigues, of whom he was a personal friend, and was responsible for the classification of his plays according to theme and genre (Tragedies of Rio, Mythical Pieces and Psychological Pieces).
Magaldi was married to writerEdla Van Steen.[3]
On July 2, he was admitted to the Samaritano Hospital in São Paulo, with septic shock and pulmonary impairment, and died on July 14, 2016.[2][3]
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