Eliane Brum

Eliane Brum
BornMay 23, 1966
OccupationJournalist, writer and documentary filmmaker
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Years active1988–present
Notable awardsAçorianos Award (1994)
Jabuti Award (2007)
SpouseJonathan Watts

Eliane Brum (born May 1966, in Ijuí) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and documentarist. In 2019, she was long-listed for a National Book Award.[1]

Life

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She graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC / RS) in 1988 and has written for Zero Hora, Época and El País and won more than 40 international awards for reporting, among them the Premio Rey de España and the Inter American Associated Press Award.[2]

Brum is the author of a novel - Uma Duas (published in English by AmazonCrossing as One Two[3] - three feature news stories books: Coluna Prestes - O Avesso da Lenda, A Vida que Ninguém Vê (which was awarded in 2007 the Prêmio Jabuti) and O Olho da Rua - and A Menina Quebrada, a collection of columns written by her in Época magazine's website.

Her work appeared in The Guardian.[4] and El Pais.[5]

She participated in the Doctors without Borders compilation of special reports Dignity !, which also included authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa. She is co-director of three documentaries: Severina's Story, Gretchen Filme Estrada, and Laerte-se.

She is married to British journalist Jonathan Watts.[6]

Works

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Literature

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  • 1994 - Coluna Prestes – O Avesso da Lenda (Arts & Crafts)
  • 2006 - The Life Nobody Sees (Arquipélago Editorial)
  • 2008 - Olho da Rua – a reporter in search of real-life literature (Editora Globo)
  • 2011 - Uma Duas (LeYa)[7]
  • 2013 - The Broken Girl (Arquipélago Editorial)
  • 2014 - My disappointments – The story of my life with words (Arquipélago Editorial)
  • 2019 - Brazil, builder of ruins (Arquipélago Editorial)[8]
  • 2019 - The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections (Graywolf)[9]
  • 2021 - Banzeiro òkòtó: A trip to the Amazon Center of the World (Companhia das Letras)[10][11][12][13]

Filmography

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(Director, Screenwriter)

  • 2005 - Uma História Severina (co-directed with Debora Diniz)
  • 2010 - Gretchen Filme Estrada (codireção em parceria com Paschoal Samora)
  • 2017 - Laerte-se (codireção em parceria com Lygia Barbosa da Silva)
  • 2017 - Eu+1: Uma jornada de saúde mental na Amazônia[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Eliane Brum". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  2. ^ "Eliane Brum". PEN American Center. Retrieved 5 June 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Títulos Brasieiros Na Fila de Lançamentos da Amazon Crossing". Conexões Itaú Cultural (in Portuguese). Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Eliane Brum | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  5. ^ PAÍS, Ediciones EL (2021-11-30). "Artigos escritos por Eliane Brum | EL PAÍS". El País Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  6. ^ Banzeiro Òkòtó: viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo, Companhia das Letras, 2021, p. 140.
  7. ^ Uma Duas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 October 2018. ISBN 978-85-5450-020-7.
  8. ^ "Brasil, construtor de ruínas". Eliane Brum (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  9. ^ THE COLLECTOR OF LEFTOVER SOULS | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ Banzeiro Okoto. 9 March 2023. ISBN 978-1-911648-61-1.
  11. ^ Atkins, William (2023-03-07). "A Manifesto for a New World, With the Amazon at Its Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  12. ^ Feinberg, Richard (2023-02-28). "Banzeiro Okoto: The Amazon as the Center of the World". Foreign Affairs. No. March/April 2023. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  13. ^ "A Dispatch From the Battle to Protect the Amazon Rainforest". InsideHook. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  14. ^ "'O centro do Brasil é a Amazônia', afirma a jornalista Eliane Brum". A Crítica. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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