Fanon, Frantz

Fort-de-France (Martinica), 1925 – Washington (EUA), 1961

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Perón, Eva

Los Toldos, 1919 – Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1952

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(Português) Carvalho, Flávio de

Amparo da Barra Mansa, 1899 - Valinhos (Brazil), 1973 By Francisco Alambert Architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, playwright, set designer, writer, decorator, and performer (before this concept was coined), Flávio Resende de Carvalho moved with his family to São Paulo in 1900. In 1908, he studied at the American School of…

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(Português) Cantinflas

Mexico City (Mexico), 1911 - 1993 Afrânio Mendes Catani Mario Moreno Reyes is an unknown name. However, his stage name, Cantinflas, gave him international recognition as the most popular Mexican comedian. His long film career, which began in 1937, allowed him to work exclusively with a director (Miguel M. Delgado),…

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(Português) Buarque de Holanda, Chico

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1944 By Alberto Ikeda Composer, lyricist, and writer, Francisco Buarque de Holanda became notable in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly for his politically charged musical production, which contested the authoritarianism of the military dictatorship that Brazil experienced from 1964 to 1985. He was one of the…

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(Português) Benedetti, Mario

Tacuarembó, 1920 - Montevideo (Uruguay), 2009 By Flávio Aguiar In 1956, he sparked controversy with Poemas de la oficina for contrasting the academic lyricism of his contemporaries, and in 1959, with the short stories collected in Montevideanos, for presenting a conception of urban prose. Paradigmatic, these volumes announce, as the…

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(Português) Aragão, Renato

Sobral (Brazil), 1935 By Afrânio Mendes Catani Antonio Renato Aragão is one of the most popular actors in Brazilian cinema and television. With nearly 130 million viewers, he has appeared in over forty films. He made his TV debut in 1961, working for various networks before being hired by TV…

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