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...

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.
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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  1966: A Banda (Songbook)
Ø  1974: Fazenda Modelo
Ø  1979: Chapeuzinho Amarelo
Ø  1981: A Bordo do Rui Barbosa
Ø  1991: Estorvo
Ø  1995: Benjamin
Ø  2003: Budapeste
Ø  2009: Leite Derramado
Plays
Ø  1967/8: Roda Viva
Ø  1973: Calabar (coauthored with Ruy Guerra)
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  1985: Ópera do Malandro
Ø  2009: Budapeste (based on his book)


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