Senhor (magazine)

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Senhor
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderNahum Sirotsky
Founded1959
First issueMarch 1959
Final issueJanuary 1964
CountryBrazil
Based inRio de Janeiro
LanguagePortuguese

Senhor (also stylized as Sr., Portuguese: Sir) was a monthly cultural magazine published in the period of 1959 and 1964. The magazine was headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

History and profile

Senhor was established by Nahum Sirotsky in 1959.

Jewish family.[3] The first issue of Senhor was published in March 1959,[2] and its headquarters was in Rio de Janeiro.[4] Senhor was published on a monthly basis.[5]

Senhor was very creative in terms of

caricaturist Jaguar.[2] The latter also served as the main caricaturist of the magazine.[7] Regular contributors were Paulo Francis, Armando Nogueira, Luiz Lobo,[4] Clarice Lispector,[8] Otto Lara Resende, Carlos Heitor Cony, Graciliano Ramos, Rubem Braga Jorge Amado and Carlos Drummond de Andrade.[3]

Senhor's target audience was the Brazilian upper-classes with higher levels of education.[9] The magazine featured articles concerning literature, visual arts, society and politics.[4] The novella by Jorge Amado, The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell, was first published in the inauguration issue of Senhor, which was later published as a book.[10][11] Various stories of Clarice Lispector were also first published in the magazine, including Uma grama de radium-Mineirinho in 1962.[12] Two years later the story was published in her book named A Legião Estrangeira.[12]

Senhor folded with the January 1964 issue after producing a total of 59 issues.[2]

References

  1. ^ Eliane Fátima Corti Basso (16 December 2005). "Revista Senhor: Modernidade e Cultura na Impensa Brasileira". Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Ruy Castro; Maria Amélia Melo (2011). "An update on brazilian publishing history". Matrizes. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Nahum Sirotsky, veteran Brazilian journalist and diplomat". Jewish News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Magdalena Edwards (2007). The Translator's Colors: Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and Elsewhere (PhD thesis). University of California, Los Angeles. pp. 99–100.
  5. ISBN 978-1-317-72634-0
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  7. ^ "Jaguar". Itaú Cultural. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ISBN 978-0-19-974392-6
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  9. ISBN 978-1-4985-2064-5
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  10. ^ "Work. Humour, sensualism and defence of the feminine". Jorge Amado website. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ^ Mauricio S. S. de Oliveira (2013). The Construction of a City: Salvador in the Writings of Jorge Amado (PhD thesis). University of Manchester.
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    doi:10.13130/2035-7680/7184
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