Sérgio Buarque de Holanda

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Sérgio Buarque de Holanda
20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Main interests
Sociology
Notable ideas
Cordial man

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (July 11, 1902 – April 24, 1982) was a Brazilian historian, writer, journalist and

English
Roots of Brazil), a landmark of Brazilian sociology, in which he developed the groundbreaking concept of the "cordial man" as the fundamental Brazilian identity. His son,
Chico Buarque de Holanda is an accomplished singer-songwriter and novelist and his daughter Miúcha was also a famous singer. Buarque de Holanda was also a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras
.

Life and career

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was born on July 11, 1902, in São Paulo. At the age of nineteen, he moved with his family to

Oswaldo de Andrade the representative of the Klaxon magazine
in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1925, he earned the degree of

Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, in Espírito Santo, after being invited by the director of the newspaper O Progresso[1]. In the same year, he founded with Prudente de Moraes Neto
, the magazine Estética.

He returned to Rio de Janeiro in 1927 and started to work as a columnist of the

United Press Agency. Four years later, he traveled to Europe as a correspondent of the Diários Associados and settled in Berlin, where he met Friedrich Meinecke
.

He collaborated, in 1930, in the "Brasilianische Rundschau" magazine of the Conselho do Comércio Brasileiro de

Universidade do Distrito Federal[3] as assistant-teacher to Henri Hauser in the chair of contemporary and modern history. He also taught comparative literature
as an assistant to Professor Trouchon.

In 1936, Buarque de Holanda published his book Raízes do Brasil, considered by many to be one of the most important books ever written in Brazil.

In 1939, when the Universidade do Distrito Federal was closed, Sergio Buarque de Holanda was invited by Augusto Meyer to be the director of the publishing sector of the Instituto Nacional do Livro [pt].[4] Invited by the State Department sector of International Relations, he traveled in 1941 to the United States.

Three years later, he became the director of the Divisão de Consulta da

Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro
. In 1945, he participated of the Democratic Left foundation, and traveled to São Paulo to participate in the Writers' Congress. He was elected as a president of the Federal District Sector of the Brazilian Association of Writers.

In 1946, he moved to São Paulo, where he substituted for his ex-professor, Afonso Taunay, as director of the

Museu Paulista and, in 1947, he became professor of Economic history of Brazil in the Escola de Sociologia e Política, substituting for Roberto Simonsen
.

He traveled to Paris for three

University of Rome
.

In 1957, he received the Edgard Cavalheiro Prize from the Instituto Nacional do Livro after publishing the book "Caminhos e Fronteiras". He occupied in 1958, the chair of History of the Brazilian Civilization in the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas of University of São Paulo (USP), with the thesis Visão do Paraíso – os motivos edênicos no descobrimento e na colonização do Brasil.

He became in 1962 the first director of the Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros of

Unesco in Peru and Costa Rica
.

In 1969, he retired from his job as professor of USP in solidarity with his colleagues affected by the

Brazilian military dictatorship and military dictatorship
). He also received the Governador do Estado Prize, in 1967, in the category of literature.

In 1979, he received, as the year's Brazilian Intellectual, the Juca Pato Prize. In the following year, Buarque de Holanda participated in the foundation of the Workers' Party receiving the third membership card of the party.[5]

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda died in São Paulo, on April 24, 1982, from pulmonary complications.

Partial bibliography

(By year of first ed.)

  • Raízes do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, 1936.
  • Cobra de Vidro. São Paulo, 1944.
  • Monções. Rio de Janeiro, 1945.
  • Expansão Paulista em Fins do Século XVI e Princípio do Século XVII. São Paulo, 1948.
  • Caminhos e Fronteiras. Rio de Janeiro, 1957.
  • Visão do Paraíso. Os motivos edênicos no descobrimento e colonização do Brasil. São Paulo, 1959.
  • Do Império à República. São Paulo, 1972. (História Geral da Civilização Brasileira, Tomo II, vol. 5).
  • Tentativas de Mitologia. São Paulo, 1979.
  • Sergio Buarque de Hollanda: História (org. Maria Odila Dias). São Paulo, 1985.
  • O Extremo Oeste . São Paulo, 1986.
  • O espírito e a letra (org. Antonio Arnoni do Prado) 2 vols. São Paulo, 1996.
  • Para uma nova história (org. Marcos Costa). São Paulo, 2004 (collection of texts).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Progress (newspaper)
  2. ^ Council of the Brazilian Trade
  3. ^ University of the Federal District
  4. ^ National Institute of Books
  5. ^ OGASSAWARA, Juliana Sayuri. "Onde estão os intelectuais brasileiros". Revista Fórum. São Paulo: Editora Publisher, maio de 2009. Página 20.
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