Budapeste (English title: Budapest) is a 2003 novel by the Brazilian writer Chico Buarque. Originally published by Companhia das Letras, it was translated into English by Alison Entrekin in 2004. It is among the best-known literary works by Buarque, and was widely praised by critics upon its appearance. The Guardian reviewer Robert Collins compared it to a "perfectly cut gem", while the Independent called it a "magnificent, ambitious project". [1] [2] According to Caetano Veloso, Budapest is the "most beautiful of Buarque's three mature books". Apart from English, it has been translated into many other languages including Italian, Greek, French, German, Dutch, and Korean. [3]
The plot deals with the travails of a Rio de Janeiro ghostwriter called Jose Costa who is struggling with the demands of work and family while simultaneously being fascinated by a chance encounter with the Hungarian language. [4]
Hungarian is a Uralic language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries that used to belong to it. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary, it is also spoken by Hungarian communities in southern Slovakia, western Ukraine (Subcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia, northeastern Slovenia (Prekmurje), and eastern Austria.
Chico means small, boy or child in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language.
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
Eduardo de Góes "Edu" Lobo is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer.
Antônio Pecci Filho, better known as Toquinho, is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes.
Budapest is the capital of Hungary.
Bïa Krieger, better known by her first name, is a Brazilian-born singer and recording artist who lives in France and Quebec. She sings in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Her recording career began in 1996 and currently she has at least eight albums.
Len Rix is a translator of Hungarian literature into English, noted for his translations of Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight and The Pendragon Legend and of Magda Szabó's The Door and Katalin Street.
Marieta Severo da Costa is a Brazilian stage, film and television actress. She is best known to youth audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular sitcom A Grande Família (2001–2014), as well to mature audiences for portraying villains in telenovelas like Vereda Tropical, Pátria Minha, Laços de Família, among others.
Ana Carolina Sousa is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician.
Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
Construção is the eighth studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Buarque, released in December 1971. It was composed in periods between Buarque's exile in Italy and his return to Brazil. Lyrically, the album is loaded with criticisms of the Brazilian military dictatorship, especially with regard to the censorship imposed by the government at the time. It is widely regarded by music critics as one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time, while its title track was named the greatest Brazilian song of all time by Rolling Stone in 2009.
Spilt Milk is a novel written by Chico Buarque.
"A Banda " is a composition by Chico Buarque that was first performed live in 1966 by Buarque and Nara Leão, during the II Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) Festival in TV Record's theater, São Paulo, winning the "Viola de Ouro" award for best composition. "A Banda" brought Buarque immediately into the limelight in Brazil. The song was also released in 1966, on the Brazilian RGE label, as the first track of side 1 in Chico Buarque de Hollanda LP. The following year Astrud Gilberto brought the song to the US, recording it with English lyrics on the Verve/Copacabana label, crediting Bob Russell for the English lyrics. As an instrumental, the song was performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, who had their third and final number one on the Easy Listening chart in October 1967. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. The French singer France Gall popularized this song, titled "Zwei Apfelsinen im Haar" in German. A Czech version named "La banda" was performed by Vladěna Krumlová in 1969.
O Que Será is a 1976 song by Chico Buarque and a live album by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and Brazilian bandolinist Hamilton de Holanda recorded in Belgium in 2012 and released on the ECM label.
"Sabiá" is a Brazilian song composed in 1968 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Chico Buarque. English-language lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.
"Retrato em Branco e Preto" is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in Portuguese by Chico Buarque.
Stephanie Balduccini is a Brazilian swimmer. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics at age 16.
Caravanas is the thirty eighth studio album by Brazilian musician Chico Buarque, released on August 25, 2017, through Biscoito Fino. It was produced by Vinícius França and Luiz Cláudio Ramos and features collaborations with Chico Brown, Clara Buarque and Rafael Mike. A live version of the album as well as a DVD titled Caravanas - Ao Vivo were released in 2018.
Fabiano Ferreira is a Brazilian artistic swimmer. He and his partner Gabriela Regly competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, placing 8th in the final of the mixed duet free routine and 9th in the final of the mixed duet technical routine.