Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda
| Sérgio Buarque de Holanda | |
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| Born |
11 July 1902 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | 24 April 1982 (aged 79) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| Region | Brazilian sociology |
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Notable ideas
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Cordial man |
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (July 11, 1902 – April 24, 1982) was an important Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist. His greatest achievement was Raízes do Brasil, a landmark of Brazilian sociology, in which he developed the groundbreaking concept of the cordial man as the fundamental Brazilian identity. His son, Chico Buarque de Holanda is an accomplished singer-songwriter and novelist and his daughter Miúcha is also a famous singer. Buarque de Holanda was also a member of the Academia Paulista de Letras.
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was born on July 11, 1902 in São Paulo. At the age of nineteen, he moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro. In the following year, he participated in the Week of Modern Art, returning to São Paulo for the event, later being nominated by Mário de Andrade and Oswaldo de Andrade the representative of the Klaxon magazine in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1925, he earned the degree of bachelor of law from the Universidade do Brasil, today renamed as Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. In 1926, he moved to Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, in Espírito Santo, after being invited by the director of the newspaper O Progresso. In the same year, he founded with Prudente de Morais Neto, the magazine Estética.
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