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Millôr Fernandes (August 16, 1923[1] – March 27, 2012) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright.[2] Born Milton Viola Fernandes, his birth was registered on May 27, 1924; the handwriting on his birth certificate rendered the name "Millôr", which he adopted as his official name.[3]

Millôr Fernandes
Born	(1923-08-16)August 16, 1923 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	March 27, 2012(2012-03-27) (aged 88) Rio de Janeiro
Nationality	Brazilian
Genre	Humor

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[1] Millor was known by his ironic humor, and was the author of thousands of satirical aphorisms.[4][5]

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.[1]

Together with Jaguar, Ziraldo and others, he founded in 1969 the groundbreaking satirical newspaper O Pasquim.[1]

Millôr wrote a number of successful plays, and has also translated classics such as Shakespeare.[1]

He died on March 27, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, due to complications after a stroke. He was 88 years old.[6][7]

Works

Books

Prose

Poesia

• 1967 – Papaverum Millôr (Prelo. Edição revista e ilustrada publicada pela Nordica em 1974)
• 1968 – Hai-kais (Senzala)
• 1984 – Poemas (L&PM)

Visual arts

• 1981 – Desenhos (Raízes Artes Gráficas. Preface by Pietro Maria Bardi and introduction by Antônio Houaiss)

Stage plays

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)

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)

References

External links

• Official Website (in Portuguese)

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