Rubem Braga

Rubem Braga was born on the 2^nd January 1913 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim city, state of Espírito Santo; he was a popular Brazilian writer of short stories.

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Rubem Braga was raised in his hometown but while he was still young he was sent to the city of Niterói by the parents to reside with relatives. He attended the Law School in Rio de Janeiro though he graduated in Minas Gerais in the year 1932. At the time of the World War II, he was a war correspondent together with the Brazilian forces for the newspaper of the country called Diário Carioca in Italy. After that he went back to the country and lived in Rio de Janeiro. He was arrested many times by the military government of the day.

He published his first book called O Conde e o Passarinho in the year 1936 at the age of 22. He was one of the few writers of the country to gain recognition by writing of short stories. Together with Fernando Sabino and Otto Lara Resende, Rubem Braga founded the book publisher called Editora Sabiá.

As a journalist, Rubem Braga was a reporter, writer and an editor for several newspapers and magazine of the country from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Bahia. Rubem Braga was nominated the Chefe do Escritório Comercial in Chile in the year 1953, and that was because of the relationship he kept with the president Café Filho. He was appointed the ambasado of the country to Morocco by the president of the country, Jânio Quadros.

Rubem Braga died in Rio de Janeiro on the 19^th December 1990.

Bibliography

Chronicles

• O Conde e o Passarinho (The Count and the Bird, 1936)
• O Morro do Isolamento (The Mount of Isolation, 1944)
• Com a FEB na Itália (With FEB in Italy, 1945)
• Um Pé de Milho (A Corn Stalk, 1948)
• O Homem Rouco (The Grumbling Man, 1949)
• 50 Crônicas Escolhidas (50 Selected Stories, 1951)
• Três Primitivos (Three Primitives, 1954)
• A Borboleta Amarela (The Yellow Butterfly, 1955)
• A Cidade e a Roça (The City and the Countryside1957)
• 100 Crônicas Escolhidas (100 Selected Stories, 1958)
• Ai de ti, Copacabana (1960)
• O Conde e o Passarinho e O Morro do Isolamento (1961)
• Crônicas de Guerra - Com a FEB na Itália (War Chronicles - With FEB in Italy, 1964)
• A Cidade e a Roça e Três Primitivos (1964)
• A Traição das Elegantes (The Betrayal of the Elegants, 1967)
• As Boas Coisas da Vida (The Good Things in Life, 1988)
• O Verão e as Mulheres (The Summer and Women, 1990)
• 200 Crônicas Escolhidas (200 Selected Stories)
• Casa dos Braga: Memória de Infância (House of the Braga: Childhood Memories)
• Uma Fada no Front (A Fairy at the Front)
• Histórias do Homem Rouco (Tales of the Grumbling Man)
• Os Melhores Contos de Rubem Braga (The Best Tales of Rubem Braga)
• O Menino e o Tuim (The Boy and the Tuim)
• Recado de Primavera (Spring Note)
• Um Cartão de Paris (A Postcard From Paris)
• Pequena Antologia do Braga (Small Anthology of the Braga)
• Casa dos Braga (House of the Braga)