Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda
Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda was born on the 19 th June 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; he is popularly known with the...
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Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda was born on the 19th
June 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; he is popularly known with
the name Chico Buarque. He is a
Brazilian singer, a guitarist, a composer, a dramatist, a writer and a poet.
Chico Buarque is best known for his music that are about social, economic and
cultural commentary on the country and on the city of Rio de Janeiro.
source of picture: www.leitederramado.com.br
He is the son of the academic
called Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, he resided in many places throughout his
childhood, mosty in in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Italy.
He wrote and studied literature as a kid and came to the
music of the country through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and João
Gilberto. Chico Buarque performed music
throughout the 1960s and also wrote play that was seen to be a threat by the
military regime of the country in that time. He was threatened by the military
regime of the country and he had to leave the country to Italy in the year
1970. He relocated back to his country in the year 1971 and continued with his
album recording, performances and with his writing, though most of the works he
did were not permitted by th government of the country.
Awards and
Recognitions
Ø 2010
São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year
category for Leite Derramado
Ø 2013
Casa de las Américas prize for Spilt Milk (Leche derramada, Leita derramada),
winner of narrative fiction.
Discography
Ø 1966:
Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol.
1)
Ø 1966:
Morte e Vida Severina
Ø 1967:
Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol.
2)
Ø 1968:
Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol.
3)
Ø 1969:
Umas e outras – compacto
Ø 1969:
Chico Buarque na Itália
Ø 1970:
Apesar de você
Ø 1970:
Per un pugno di samba
Ø 1970:
Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol.
4)
Ø 1971:
Construção
Ø 1972:
Quando o carnaval chegar
Ø 1972:
Caetano e Chico - juntos e ao vivo
Ø 1973:
Chico canta, mildly edited by
the censors of the Brazilian military government both in lyrics and title, it
was originally called "Chico Canta Calabar".
Ø 1974:
Sinal fechado
Ø 1975:
Chico Buarque & Maria Bethânia ao
vivo
Ø 1976:
Meus caros amigos
Ø 1977:
Cio da Terra compacto
Ø 1977:
Os saltimbancos
Ø 1977:
Gota d'água
Ø 1979:
Ópera do Malandro
Ø 1978:
Chico Buarque
Ø 1980:
Vida
Ø 1980:
Show 1º de Maio compacto
Ø 1981:
Almanaque
Ø 1981:
Saltimbancos trapalhões
Ø 1982:
Chico Buarque en espanhol
Ø 1983:
Para viver um grande amor
Ø 1983:
O grande circo místico
Ø 1984:
Chico Buarque (Vermelho)
Ø 1985:
O Corsário do rei
Ø 1985:
Ópera do Malandro
Ø 1985:
Malandro
Ø 1986:
Melhores momentos de Chico &
Caetano
Ø 1987:
Francisco
Ø 1988:
Dança da meia-lua
Ø 1989:
Chico Buarque
Ø 1990:
Chico Buarque ao vivo Paris le Zenith
Ø 1993:
Para Todos
Ø 1995:
Uma palavra
Ø 1997:
Terra
Ø 1998:
As cidades
Ø 1998:
Chico Buarque da Mangueira
Ø 1999:
Chico ao vivo
Ø 2001:
Chico e as cidades (DVD)
Ø 2001:
Cambaio
Ø 2002:
Chico Buarque – Duetos
Ø 2003:
Chico ou o país da delicadeza perdida
(DVD)
Ø 2005:
Meu Caro Amigo (DVD)
Ø 2005:
A Flor da Pele (DVD)
Ø 2005:
Vai passar (DVD)
Ø 2005:
Anos Dourados (DVD)
Ø 2005:
Estação Derradeira (DVD)
Ø 2005:
Bastidores (DVD)
Ø 2006:
O Futebol (DVD)
Ø 2006:
Romance (DVD)
Ø 2006:
Uma Palavra (DVD)
Ø 2006:
Carioca (CD + DVD with the
documentary Desconstrução)
Ø 2007:
Carioca Ao Vivo
Ø 2011:
Chico
Ø 2012:
Na Carreira (DVD)
Other works
Books
Ø 1974:
Fazenda Modelo
Ø 1979:
Chapeuzinho Amarelo
Ø 1981:
A Bordo do Rui Barbosa
Ø 1991:
Estorvo
Ø 1995:
Benjamin
Ø 2003:
Budapeste
Plays
Ø 1967/8:
Roda Viva
Ø 1975:
Gota d'água
Ø 1978:
Ópera do Malandro
(based on John Gay's Beggar's Opera and Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera)
Ø 1983:
O Grande Circo Místico
Film
Ø 1972:
Quando o carnaval chegar
(coauthor)
Ø 1983:
Para viver um grande amor
(coauthor)
Ø 2009:
Budapeste (based on his book)
