Ferreira Gullar

Biography

Ferreira Gullar, pseudonym of José Ribamar Ferreira (São Luís, September 10, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, December 4, 2016), was a Brazilian writer, poet, art critic, biographer, translator, memoirist and essayist and one of the founders of neoconcretism. He was the candidate for chair 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in the vacancy left by Ivan Junqueira, of which he took office on December 5, 2014.

Known For

O Peso do Céu Vazio 2026
Plano B 2014 ★ 8.0
The Inventor of Dreams 2010 ★ 10.0
A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta 2009
Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil 2000
Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado 1997 ★ 7.0
The Memory Thread 1991 ★ 7.6
ABC of a Strike 1990 ★ 7.7
Vianinha 1987 ★ 5.0
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol 1987 ★ 8.0
Images of the Unconscious 1987 ★ 7.5
Twenty Years Later 1984 ★ 8.4
Memórias da Vida e do Trabalho 1984
O Aleijadinho 1978 ★ 7.6
Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar 1976 ★ 5.0
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau 1976 ★ 5.0
The Heirs 1970 ★ 6.4
The Language of Persuasion 1970 ★ 6.1
O Guesa 1969
Desesperato 1968 ★ 7.0
On Borrowed Time 1968 ★ 6.8
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City 1968 ★ 7.7
Lima Barreto: Trajetória 1966 ★ 9.0
Absolute Majority 1964 ★ 8.9