Senhor (magazine)

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Senhor
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderNahum Sirotsky
Year founded1959
First issueMarch 1959
Final issueJanuary 1964
Country Brazil
Based in Rio de Janeiro
Language Portuguese

Senhor (also stylized as Sr., meaning Sir in English) was a monthly cultural magazine published in the period of 1959 and 1964. The magazine was headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

History and profile

Senhor was established by Nahum Sirotsky in 1959. [1] [2] Nahum Sirotsky was a Brazilian diplomat and journalist, who hailed from a Jewish family. [3] The first issue of Senhor was published in March 1959. [2] Its headquarters was in Rio de Janeiro. [4] Senhor was published on a monthly basis. [5]

The magazine was very creative in terms of graphic design and its design is regarded as one of the significant projects in the Brazilian press of the 1960s. [6] The covers of Senhor were produced by well known artists, including artist Carlos Scliar and caricaturist Jaguar. [2] The latter also served as the main caricaturist of the magazine. [7] Regular contributors were Paulo Francis, Armando Nogueira, Luiz Lobo, Clarice Lispector, [8] Otto Lara Resende, Carlos Heitor Cony, Graciliano Ramos, Rubem Braga [9] Jorge Amado and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. [3]

Senhor's target audience was the Brazilian upper-classes with higher levels of education. [10] The magazine featured articles concerning literature, visual arts, society and politics. [4] The novella by Jorge Amado, The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell , was first published in the inauguration issue of Senhor, which was later published as a book. [11] [12] Various stories of Clarice Lispector were also first published in the magazine, including Uma grama de radium-Mineirinho in 1962. [13] Two years later the story was published in her book named A Legião Estrangeira. [13]

Senhor folded with the January 1964 issue after producing a total of 59 issues. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Revista Senhor: Modernidade e Cultura na Impensa Brasileira". Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ruy Castro; Maria Amélia Melo (2011). "An update on brazilian publishing history". Matrizes. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Nahum Sirotsky, veteran Brazilian journalist and diplomat". Jewish News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 Magdalena Edwards (2007). The Translator's Colors: Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and Elsewhere. ProQuest. p. 99. ISBN   978-0-549-40777-5 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ↑ María Claudia André; Eva Paulino Bueno (9 January 2014). Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 913. ISBN   978-1-317-72634-0 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Adilson Gonzales de Oliveira Júnior; Milton Koji Nakata (2014). "Revista Senhor: a influência da ilustração na formação do design editorial no Brasil". Educação Gráfica. 18 (3). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jaguar". Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Benjamin Moser (1 July 2009). Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector . Oxford University Press. p.  233. ISBN   978-0-19-974392-6 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Magdalena Edwards (2007). The Translator's Colors: Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and Elsewhere. ProQuest. p. 100. ISBN   978-0-549-40777-5 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Mariana Machova (28 November 2016). Elizabeth Bishop and Translation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 47. ISBN   978-1-4985-2064-5 . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Work. Humour, sensualism and defence of the feminine". Jorge Amado website. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Mauricio S. S. de Oliveira (2013). "The Construction of a City: Salvador in the Writings of Jorge Amado" (PhD Thesis). University of Manchester. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  13. 1 2 Luigia De Crescenzo (2016). ""Diritto di punire" o "Potere di morte"?: crimine, violenza e giustizia in "Mineirinho" di Clarice Lispector". De Crescenzo (15). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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