Ruy Castro | |
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 Ruy Castro: Journalist and Writer | |
| Born | 26 February 1948 (age 76) Caratinga |
| Occupation | Writer  |
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Ruy Castro (born 26 February 1948, in Caratinga) is a Brazilian author and journalist. In 1996 he was a co-winner of the Prêmio Jabuti. He is known for his writings concerning Bossa nova[1] and for his biographies, profiling figures such as Garrincha,[2] Nelson Rodrigues and Carmen Miranda.[3]
On 6 October 2022 he was elected to occupy the Chair number 13 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in succession to Sérgio Paulo Rouanet.[4]
- ^ Brazil imagined: 1500 to the present by Darlene Joy Sadlier pgs 206,323, 325-326
- ^ Lacey, Josh (August 14, 2004). "Lost Boys". The Guardian. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Daniella (January 18, 2006). "Why did she do it?". Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "Escritor Ruy Castro é eleito para a Cadeira 13 da ABL". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-18.