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.
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.
1994 - Chatô, o Rei do Brasil - A biography of the media mogul Assis Chateaubriand, adapted into film in 2016.[4]
2000 - Corações Sujos - A non-fiction book about the Japanese terrorist organization Shindo Renmei, adapted into film in 2011.
2003 - Cem Quilos de Ouro
2005 - Na Toca dos Leões
2006 - Montenegro, as aventuras do Marechal que fez uma revolução nos céus do Brasil
2008 - O Mago -An authorized biography of the writer Paulo Coelho.(English edition: Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life: The Authorized Biography. ISBN9780061718885)
2011 Os Últimos Soldados da Guerra Fria (English edition: The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. ISBN9781781688762),[5][6] adapted into the 2019 film Wasp Network.
Referencesedit
^"Fernando Morais diz que não vai mais escrever biografias". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
^. www.cultura.mg.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
^"Folha de S.Paulo - São Paulo: Morais abandona disputa e acusa Quércia - 20/08/2002".
^"Fernando Morais: O "Chatô" que escrevi em 600 páginas está lá".
^"Nonfiction Book Review: The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five by Fernando Morais, trans. from the Portuguese by Robert Ballantyne, with Alex Olegnowicz. Verso (Random, dist.), $19.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-78168-876-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
^"Review: 'The Last Soldiers of the Cold War,' by Fernando Morais; players in a dangerous game". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
January 01, 1970
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