Sábato Antonio Magaldi (May 9, 1927 – July 14, 2016) was a Brazilian theater critic, playwright, journalist, teacher, essayist and historian.

Biography

Magaldi was born in

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. He graduated in the law course; however, before the age of 20, he wrote his first criticism, of a play by

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, beginning his career as a theater critic. In 1948, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he wrote reviews for the newspaper Diário Carioca, replacing

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as a critic. In 1953, Magaldi went to work in São Paulo, exercising his role in the newspapers

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and in Jornal da Tarde, starting in 1966. He was professor of History of the Brazilian Theater at the School of Dramatic Art at the School of Communications and Arts of the

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. He also taught for four years at French universities at the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle) and

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. He also was the first municipal secretary of Culture of São Paulo, between April 1975 and July 1979, in the

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administration. Magaldi was a member of the

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, being elected on December 8, 1994, taking office in July 1995, occupying the chair No. 24 after Ciro dos Anjos.

Work

Sábato Magaldi was one of the organizers of the work of

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, of whom he was a personal friend, and was responsible for the classification of his plays according to theme and genre (Tragedies of Rio, Mythical Pieces and Psychological Pieces).

Personal life and death

Magaldi was married to writer

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. On July 2, he was admitted to the Samaritano Hospital in São Paulo, with septic shock and pulmonary impairment, and died on July 14, 2016.

Books written

*''Panorama do Teatro Brasileiro'' - Global Editora, 2001 *''Iniciação ao Teatro'' - Editora Ática, 1998 *''O Cenário do Avesso'' - Editora Perspectiva, 1991 *''Um Palco Brasileiro'' - O

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de São Paulo - Editora Brasiliense *''

'' - Dramaturgia e Encenações'' - Editora Perspectiva *''O Texto no Teatro'' - Editora Perspectiva *''As Luzes da Ilusão'', em parceria com Lêdo Ivo - Global Editora *''Moderna Dramaturgia Brasileira'' - Editora Perspectiva, 1998 *''Depois do Espetáculo'' - Editora Perspectiva, 2003 *''Teatro da Obsessão'' - Nelson Rodrigues. Editora Global, 2004 *''Teatro da Ruptura'' -

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. Editora Global, 2003 *''Teatro de Sempre'' - Editora Perspectiva, 2006 *''Cem Anos de Teatro em São Paulo - Editora Senac, 2001. Em colaboração com Maria Thereza Vargas *''Edição da obras de Nelson Rodrigues. Teatro Completo'' - Editora Global, vários volumes * Teatro Vivo - responsável pela coleção

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