João Antônio
João Antônio Ferreira Filho (January 27, 1937 – October 31, 1996) was a
Biography
Born into a family of small shopkeepers in a suburb of
This literary success led him into a career in journalism, his first job being with the
In 1967, he married Marilia Mendonça Andrade; his only son, Daniel Pedro, was born in the same year. In the late 1960s he decided to radically change his life. He quit his job, sold his car, left his wife and began to devote himself entirely to literature.
Antônio wrote fifteen books in total, but he always refused to participate in ceremonies and to join groups and literary academies, only accepting invitations to speak at schools and universities. He traveled throughout Brazil in 1978 and Europe in 1985. In 1987 he was awarded a scholarship and settled in Germany, where he remained until 1989. During this period, he also visited the Netherlands and Poland, holding numerous conferences.
Antônio died alone in 1996, in Rio de Janeiro, his body only being discovered fifteen days after his death. His collected archives were donated by his family and are housed in the CEDAP (Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa-Center of Documentation and Research) at the São Paulo State University campus in Assis.[3]
Works
- 1963: Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço
- 1975: Leão-de-chácara
- 1975: Malhação do Judas carioca
- 1976: Casa de Loucos
- 1977: Lambões de Caçarola (Trabalhadores do Brasil!)
- 1977: Calvário e Porres do Pingente Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto
- 1978: Ô Copacabana!
- 1982: Dedo-duro
- 1984: Meninão do caixote (coletânea)
- 1986: Abraçado ao meu rancor
- 1991: Zicartola e que tudo mais vá pro inferno! (Editora Scipione)
- 1992: Guardador
- 1993: Um herói sem paradeiro
- 1996: Patuléia
- 1996: Sete vezes rua (Editora Scipione)
- 1996: Dama do Encantado
Adaptations to other media
In 1977, the title story of Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço, about three pool players from the underground of São Paulo, was turned into a film called
References
- ^ Corrêa, Luciana Cristina (2003). "Merdunchos, malandros e bandidos : estudo das personagens da João Antônio" (pdf). Acervo Digital da Unesp-Banco Digital de Teses e Dissertações (in Portuguese). Unesp. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ a b Ferreira, Ana Dias. "Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço". Time Out Lisboa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Um bacanaço chamado João Antônio". www2.assis.unesp.br. Retrieved 2017-08-04.