Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, known as Vianinha (4 June 1936 – 16 July 1974), was a Brazilian

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. Vianinha was born in

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. He started in

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as an

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, in 1955, with the Teatro Paulista do Estudante (São Paulo Students Theatre) group. Polemical and combative, Vianinha was part of

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and debuted as an author in 1959, with ''Chapetuba Futebol Clube''. In 1973, together with Armando Costa, he created and directed in

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de Televisão a humorous series called ''A Grande Família'' (''The Big Family''

His plays ''A Mão na luva'', ''Allegro desbum'', and ''Rasga coração'' were repeatedly staged in Brazil. The most critically successful was the last one, ''Rasga coração'', which he ended just a few days before dying of lung cancer. He died in

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, aged 38.

References

*Damasceno, Leslie Hawkins. Cultural space and theatrical conventions in the works of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho. Wayne State University Press, 1996.

External links

Vianinha
* ttp://www.sobiografias.hpg.ig.com.br/Vianinha.html Brief biography
RAMOS, Alcides Freire. ''Vianinha e o Cinema Novo''
(PDF)

* ttp://mepr.org.br/cultura/cinema/oduvaldo.htm Biography Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights 1936 births 1974 deaths Deaths from lung cancer in Brazil 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Brazilian male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub