Marçal Aquino
Marçal Aquino (born 1958) is a Brazilian novel writer, screenwriter and journalist.[1]
Biography[edit]
He spent his childhood in Amparo, a city the countryside of São Paulo, graduating in journalism from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC / Campinas) in 1983. In 1984 he published his first book of poems,[2] A depilação da noiva no dia do casamento. After moving to the city of São Paulo, he began working as a journalist for media like Gazeta Esportiva and O Estado de S. Paulo. Since 1988, working as a police reporter at the Jornal da Tarde, a fact that will influence his later work.
He released its first book of short stories, As fomes de setembro in 1991 to get the 5th Biennial Nestlé Prize in Literature. In 1994, Aquino writes the script for Os Matadores film directed by Beto Brant (1965). In 2001, he was awarded the Jabuti Prize for the work O amor e outros objetos pontiagudos (2001). In 2002 he published the novel O Invasor, and the screenplay for the eponymous film, also directed by Brant.[3] In 2005 he published the novel Eu receberia as piores notícias dos seus lindos lábios, again turned into a film by the same director, in 2012.
Works[edit]
Prose
- O Invasor (2002, relaunched in 2011)
- Faroestes
- O Amor e Outros Objetos Pontiagudos (Prêmio Jabuti 2000)
- As Fomes de Setembro (Prêmio V Bienal Nestlé de Literatura – Conto (1991)
- Miss Danúbio (Prêmio do Concurso de Contos do Paraná)
- Cabeça a Prêmio (2003)
- Famílias Terrivelmente Felizes (2003)
- Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos seus Lindos Lábios (2005)
- Baixo esplendor (2021)[4]
Poetry
- Abismos – Modo de Usar
- Por Bares Nunca Antes Naufragados
Youth literature
- O Mistério da Cidade-Fantasma
- O Jogo do Camaleão
- O Primeiro Amor e Outros Perigos
- A Turma da Rua Quinze
- Coleção Sete Faces
TV screenwriting
Film screenwriting
- Os Matadores
- Ação entre Amigos
- O Invasor
- Nina
- O Cheiro do Ralo
- Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios
References[edit]
- ^ "Segredo para vender livros é o cinema, afirma Marçal Aquino". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Marçal Aquino — internationales literaturfestival berlin".
- ^ "O INVASOR BY MARÇAL AQUINO". Gringa Reads. June 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "O novo romance de Marçal Aquino - Época". 2021-03-22. Archived from the original on 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
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