Sebastião Nery (March 8, 1932 – September 23, 2024) was a Brazilian writer and journalist.
Early life and education
Nery was born in
Jaguaquara, in the state of
Bahia
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, on March 8, 1932. From 1942 to 1950 he studied at the Seminary of
Amargosa, Bahia, and at the Central Seminary of Bahia, in
Salvador
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. Having moved to
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...
, he graduated in philosophy at the
University of Minas Gerais in 1954, and began a course in juridical and social sciences, which he completed in 1958 at the Law School in Bahia.
Writing career
Nery worked as a reporter for O Diário, a morning newspaper linked to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte; and for various other publications in the late 1950s before founding the weekly newspaper Jornal da Semana in 1959. He continued to write and edit for a range of print and television news outlets through the sixties and seventies.
Political career
In November 1982 he took his place in the Chamber of Deputies in February 1983. He was a presidential candidate for
Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor ...
in 1989. He was then appointed cultural attaché in Rome, 1990–1991, and in Paris, 1993.
Death
Nery died on September 23, 2024, at the age of 92.
Published works
* Sepulcro caiado: o verdadeiro Juraci, 1962
* Folclore político v. l, 1973
* Socialismo com liberdade, 1974
* 16 derrotas que abalaram o Brasil, 1974
* Portugal, um salto no escuro, 1975
* Folclore político v. 2, 1976
* Folclore político v. 3, 1978
* Pais e padrastos da pátria, 1980
* Folclore político v. 4, 1982
* Sibéria, Nicarágua, El Salvador e outros mundos, 1982
* Crime e castigo da divida externa, 1985
* A história da vitória: porque Collor ganhou, 1990
* A eleição da reeleição, 1999
* Grandes pecados da imprensa, 2000
* Folclore político - 1950 histórias, 2002
* A Nuvem, 50 anos de Historia do Brasil, 2009
* Ninguém Me Contou Eu Vi - De Getúlio a Dilma, 2014
References
1932 births
2024 deaths
Brazilian male writers
Brazilian journalists
Brazilian male journalists
People from Bahia
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