Fernando Gabeira

Biography

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy. In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2017Nominee

Best Performance

Gabeira

1997Nominee

Best Writing

Four Days in September

2006Nominee

Best Performance

Depois do Transe

Career Highlights

2013Highlight

Best Performance

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração

2019Highlight

Best Performance

1964: Brazil between weapons and books