Millôr Fernandes
Millôr Fernandes (August 16, 1923 – March 27, 2012) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, and started his journalistic career in 1938, publishing in several Brazilian magazines, such as O Cruzeiro and A Cigarra Millor was known by his ironic humor, and was the author of thousands of satirical aphorisms. In 1956, Millôr shared with Saul Steinberg the first prize at the Buenos Aires International Caricature Exhibition, and in 1957 he had a one-man exhibition in Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art.
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Millôr Fernandes

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- Name
- Millôr Fernandes
- Born
- 16 August 1923
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- 27 March 2012
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- linguist, writer, screenwriter, translator, poet, cartoonist, journalist and caricaturist.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Millôr Fernandes (August 16, 1923 – March 27, 2012) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, and started his journalistic career in 1938, publishing in several Brazilian magazines, such as O Cruzeiro and A Cigarra Millor was known by his ironic humor, and was the author of thousands of satirical aphorisms. In 1956, Millôr shared with Saul Steinberg the first prize at the Buenos Aires International Caricature Exhibition, and in 1957 he had a one-man exhibition in Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art.
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Millôr Fernandes (1923–2012) was a caricaturist, cartoonist and draftsperson, among other activities, of Brazilian nationality. The caricaturist was born in Rio de Janeiro and died in Ipanema District. Activity centred on caricature, creative and professional writing and humor magazine. Languages used include Portuguese.
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Together with Jaguar, Ziraldo and others, he founded in 1969 the groundbreaking satirical newspaper O Pasquim. Millôr wrote a number of successful plays, and has also translated classics such as Shakespeare. He died on March 27, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, due to complications after a stroke. He was 88 years old.

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Key facts
• Name — Millôr Fernandes • Born — 16 August 1923 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Died — 27 March 2012 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro • Genre — Humor
Prose
Prose
• 1946 – Eva sem costela – Um livro em defesa do homem (Editora O Cruzeiro. Under the pseudonym Adão Júnior) • 1949 – Tempo e contratempo (Editora O Cruzeiro. Under the pseudonym Emmanuel Vão Gogo) • 1963 – Lições de um ignorante (J. Álvaro Editor) • 1964 – Fábulas Fabulosas (J. Álvaro Editor. Revised edition released in 1973 by Nórdica) • 1972 – Esta é a verdadeira história do Paraíso (Livraria Francisco Alves) • 1972 – Trinta anos de mim mesmo (Nórdica) • 1973 – Livro vermelho dos pensamentos de Millôr (Nórdica. Revised edition released by Senac in 2000) • 1975 – Compozissõis imfãtis (Nórdica) • 1975 – Livro branco do humor (Nórdica) • 1976 – Devora-me ou te decifro (L&PM) • 1977 – Millôr no Pasquim (Nórdica) • 1977 – Reflexões sem dor (Edibolso) • 1978 – Novas fábulas fabulosas (Nórdica) • 1978 – Que país é este? (Nórdica) • 1980 – Millôr Fernandes – Literatura comentada (Abril Educação. Organized by Maria Célia Paulillo) • 1981 – Todo homem é minha caça (Nórdica) • 1985 – Diário da Nova República (L&PM) • 1987 – Eros uma vez (Nórdica. Ilustrações de Nani) • 1988 – Diário da Nova República, v. 2 (L&PM) • 1988 – Diário da Nova República, v. 3 (L&PM) • 1988 – The cow went to the swamp ou A vaca foi pro brejo (Record) • 1992 – Humor Nos Tempos do Collor (L&PM. With Luis Fernando Veríssimo and Jô Soares) • 1994 – Millôr definitivo - A bíblia do caos (L&PM) • 1977 – Amostra bem-humorada (Ediouro. Texts selected by Maura Sardinha) • 1998 – Tempo e contratempo (Beca. 2ª edição) • 2002 – Crítica da razão impura ou O primado da ignorância (L&PM) • 2003 – 100 Fábulas Fabulosas (Record) • 2004 – Apresentações (Record) • 2007 – Novas Fábulas e Contos Fabulosos (Desiderata. Illustrated by Angeli) • 2007 – Circo das Palavras (Ática) • 2010 – O Mundo Visto Daqui (Praça General Osório) (Desiderata) • 2011 – A Entrevista (L&PM) • 2014 – 100+100: Desenhos e Frases (Instituto Moreira Salles) • 2014 – Guia Millôr da História do Brasil (Nova Fronteira) • 2016 – Guia Millôr da Filosofia (Nova Fronteira) • 2016 – Millôr: Obra Gráfica (Instituto Moreira Salles)
Poesia
Poesia
• 1967 – Papaverum Millôr (Prelo. Edição revista e ilustrada publicada pela Nordica em 1974) • 1968 – Hai-kais (Senzala) • 1984 – Poemas (L&PM)
Plays not edited
Plays not edited
• 1955 – Diálogo da mais perfeita compreensão conjugal • 1962 – Pif, tac, zig, pong • 1967 – A viúva imortal • 1982 – A eterna luta entre o homem e a mulher • 1995 – Kaos (public reading in 2001. Never staged)
Places
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Rio de Janeiro.
Birth place
Ipanema District.
Death place
Plays published in book
• 1957 – Teatro de Millôr Fernandes (Civilização Brasileira. Includes Uma mulher em três atos, 1953, Do tamanho de um defunto and Bonito como um deus, 1955, and A gaivota,1959) • 1962 – Um elefante no caos ou Jornal do Brasil ou, sobretudo, Por que me ufano do meu país (Editora do Autor) • 1965 – Pigmaleoa (Brasiliense) • 1972 – Computa, computador, computa (Nórdica) • 1977 – É... (L&PM) • 1978 – A história é uma istória (L&PM) • 1982 – O homem do princípio ao fim (L&PM) • 1979 – Os órfãos de Jânio (L&PM) • 1982 – Duas tábuas e uma paixão (L&PM. Never staged)
Visual arts
• 1981 – Desenhos (Raízes Artes Gráficas. Preface by Pietro Maria Bardi and introduction by Antônio Houaiss)
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- 1.Millôr Fernandes. Releituras.
- 2."Millôr Online"
- 3.http://www.encontromarcado.net/sec_perfil.php?language=en&id=101&type=4 Prefeitura Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. Encontro Marcado. Retrieved in April 24, 2013.
- 4.Frases marcantes de Millôr Fernandes. O Globo. 2012-03-28.
- 5.Primeiro autor contemporâneo homenageado pela Flip, Millôr leva crítica e humor ao evento. Portal IMPRENSA - Notícias, Jornalismo, Comunicação.
- 6.Morre, aos 88 anos, o mestre do humor Millôr Fernandes. O Globo. 2012-03-28.
- 7.Millôr Fernandes, Journalist and Cartoonist, dies at 88.
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