Chico Buarque

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Buarque's firstborn son lived in several countries during his childhood, most in Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo, and Rome. As a youth, he wrote and studied literature, and discovered music in the style of Tom Jobim and Jo'o Gilberto's bossa nova compositions. In the 1960s, he appeared as a singer and guitarist as well as directing a play that was deemed risky by the Brazilian military draconism of the time. Buarque, as well as many Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he returned to Brazil in 1970 and continued to record, perform, and write, though a large portion of his material was blocked by government censorships. He recorded three more albums in the 1980s and 2000s, as well as three in the 1990s and 2000s.

The Cames Prize, the Portuguese language's most coveted award for literature, was given to Buarque in 2019.

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Early life and career

Buarque was born in Rio de Janeiro on 19 June 1944. He came from a wealthy family background—his father, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, was a respected historian, sociolog, and journalist, and Maria Amélio Alvim, his mother, Maria Amélio Alvim, was a painter and pianist. He is also the brother of Micha and politician Ana de Hollanda. He was captivated by the nova's musical style, especially Tom Jobim and Joo Gilberto's work as an infant. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18 years old, and researching European literature at a young age. However, one of his most consuming hobbies, starting at the age of four, was playing football, and he continued to play regularly in his 60s. He grew up in Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo, and Rome.

Buarque decided to study architecture at the University of So Paulo at one point, but that did not lead to a career in that field; Buarque often skipped classes.

Nara Leo performed three of his songs on debut as a pianist and composer in 1964, quickly building his fame at music festivals and television variety shows as bossa nova came to light and Nara Leo released three of his songs. His eponymous debut album exemplified his future work, with catchy sambas characterized by inventive wordplay and a sense of nostalgia. Buarque's first hit with "A Banda" in 1966, a story about a marching band, followed by several more singles. Although playing boss a nova throughout his career, samba and Msica, the Brazilian brasileira, will also be investigated. Buarque was nonetheless chastised by two of the best musicians of the time, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, who believed his musical style was overly conservative. However, Buarque wrote and produced Roda Viva ("Live Circle") in 1968, but the military government and Buarque received a short prison term because of it. In 1970, he left Brazil for Italy for 18 months, before returning to write his first book in 1972, which was not censored.

"In spite of You" (in reference to the military tyranthood), his thinly announced protest single "Apesar de Você" ("In spite of You") was also released at this time. The military censorship left "Apesar de Você" out of view, making it a crucial anthem in the democratic movement. Since selling over 100,000 copies, the single was eventually banned and banished from sale. Any song composed by Chico Buarque was barred from being censored at one point in 1974. He created a pseudonym, naming himself "Julinho da Adelaide," as well as life history and newspaper interviews. Before being banned in a Jorge Maravilha" and "Acorda amor" he was outed in a Jornal do Brasil news article, "Julinho da Adelaide" wrote songs like "Jorge Maravilha" and "Acorda amor." Buarque also wrote Calabar, a play about the Dutch invasion of Brazil in the seventeenth century, drawing parallels with the military era. Despite the censorship, hits such as "Samba de Orly" (1970), "Acorda amor" (1974), "Julinho da Adelaide") demonstrated Buarque's continuing resistance to the military regime.

He performed with writers, playwrights, and musicians in further resistance campaigns against the draconian regime during the 1970s and 1980s. Buarque used the 1983 Concert for Peace in Nicaragua as a valid platform to articulate his strong political views. Throughout the decade, he made several of his songs as tools to represent Brazil's re-democratization. The Concert for Peace in Nicaragua was one of a concert series dubbed the "Central American Peace Concerts." These performances featured several Latin American artists. In many of Buarque's songs, the political turmoil of the previous period was portrayed. He later wrote Budapeste, a novel that gained critical national recognition and gathered the Prêmio Jabuti, a Brazilian literary award comparable to the Man Booker Prize.

The Brazilian version of Rolling Stone ranked Caravanas as the 3rd best Brazilian album of the year.

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Awards and recognitions

• 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for Leite Derramado
• 2013 Casa de las Américas prize for Spilt Milk (Leche derramada, Leite derramado), winner of narrative fiction.
• 2019 Camões Prize.