Castro, Ruy, 1948-

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Name (Latin)
Castro, Ruy, 1948-
Other forms of name
Barboza de Castro Filho, Ruy, 1948-
Castro Filho, Ruy Barboza de, 1948-
Castro, Rui, 1948-
Filho, Ruy Barboza de Castro, 1948-
Date of birth
1948-02-26
Occupation
Journalists
Associated Language
por
Gender
male
Language
Portuguese
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 59175290
Wikidata: Q455120
Library of congress: n 91060409
HAI10: 000065712
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Wikipedia description:

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 and for his biographies, profiling figures such as Garrincha, Nelson Rodrigues and Carmen Miranda. 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.

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