1938 in Brazil
| 1938 in Brazil |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Vargas Era |
| Year of Constitution: 1937 |
Events in the year 1938 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Events
- May - The Brazilian integralist movement attempt a coup d'état, supported by the Axis powers. The failure of the "Pajama Putsch" leads to the dissolution of the AIB.[1]
- 28 July - Folk hero Lampião and his band are ambushed in one of his hideouts, the Angicos farm, in the state of Sergipe.
- date unknown
- Michel Bernanos visits Brazil for the first time.[2]
- Mário de Andrade takes up a post at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.[3]
Arts and culture
Films
- Alma e Corpo de uma Raça
- Aruanã
- Maridinho de Luxo
- Tererê Não Resolve
Births
- 18 August - Orestes Quércia, politician (died 2010)
- 23 July - Menalton Braff, novelist and short story writer[4]
- 25 July - Sérgio Ferro, painter
- 25 November - Luiz Henrique Rosa, musician and soccer player (died 1985)[5]
Deaths
- 28 July
- Lampião, bandit (born 1897; killed in a police ambush)[6]
- Maria Bonita, bandit (born 1911; killed along with her boyfriend Lampião)
See also
References
- ^ R.S. Rose (2000), One of the Forgotten Things: Getúlio Vargas and Brazilian Social Control, 1930-1954, Westport: Greenwood, p. 86.
- ^ "Michel Bernanos". Pages Françaises de Science-Fiction (in French). Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000). p 21
- ^ Menalton Braff, leitor de Cecília Meireles
- ^ Allmusic
- ^ Chandler, Billy Jaynes (1978). The Bandit King: Lampião of Brazil. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-194-8.
