Fernando Morais

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Fernando Morais
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BornFernando Gomes de Morais
(1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 (age 77)
Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • biographer
  • writer
  • politician
LanguagePortuguese
GenreNon-fiction,journalism, biography,

Fernando Gomes de Morais (born July 22, 1946) is a Brazilian journalist, biographer, politician and writer. He wrote biographies and books on a series of Brazilian historical personalities and events, [1] many of which were adapted into film.

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Life and career

Morais was born in Mariana. [2] He started in journalism when he was 15 years old. In 1961, he was then a courier in a magazine edited by a bank in Belo Horizonte, when he had to cover the absence of their only journalist at a press conference. At age 18 he moved to São Paulo having worked for Veja , Jornal da Tarde, Folha de S. Paulo , TV Cultura and portal IG . He was awarded the Esso Award three times and the Prêmio Abril four times.

His first editorial success was A Ilha, an account of a trip to Cuba. After that, Moraes wrote other biographies and non-fiction books, such as Olga, Chatô, o Rei do Brasil and O Mago.

In politics

Fernando was state deputy for eight years and State Secretary of Culture (1988-1991) and Education (1991-1993) for São Paulo, during the governments of Orestes Quércia and Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho. [3]

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