Samuel Wainer (December 19, 1910 – September 2, 1980) was a Brazilian journalist and author. Wainer was born into a

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family from

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, more precisely in the

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, then part of the

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. His family immigrated to Brazil in 1912, settling in

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. He would later found and direct the '' Diretrizes'' magazine and the '' Última Hora'' newspaper. He was married to Danuza Leão, Brazilian journalist and model, sister of

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. They had a son, Samuel Wainer Filho, who was also a journalist. He died in 1984 in a car accident with a camera operator. Wainer also had two more children: plastic artist Débora "Pinky" Wainer and film producer Bruno Wainer. He was a reporter of ''

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'' in 1950, when he interviewed

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, with whom he would later keep a close friendship. He also faced strong opposition from

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and

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(owner of ''Diários Associados'') during his career, specially when he founded his own newspaper, that would openly support Vargas presidency. Wainer was the only Brazilian and Latin American journalist present at the

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. He died in

, aged 69.

Bibliography

* ''Minha razão de viver - memórias de um repórter'' (Editora Planeta) *

References

1910 births 1980 deaths Brazilian non-fiction writers Brazilian people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish Brazilian writers Writers from São Paulo Journalists from São Paulo 20th-century Brazilian journalists {{Brazil-journalist-stub