Alvacir Raposo

Alvacir dos Santos Raposo Filho (born January 18, 1950) is a Brazilian physician and writer.

Born in Piauí, Brazil, Raposo moved as a young man to Recife, Pernambuco. He graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 1974 with a doctorate in Ophthalmology.

Raposo is a professor at UFPE and the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco. He is a poet, and composer of frevos, having recorded a CD of gender to another physician and composer Luiz Guimaraes.

Professional training Medical (UFPE); Master of Ophthalmology (UFPE), with a dissertation on Retinal haemorrhages in newborns; Doctor of Medicine (Universidade Federal de São Paulo), with a thesis on Variations of intraocular pressure in individuals undergoing testing stationary bike. O galo de metal. Recife: Bagaço, 1995 Rua dos Arcos. Recife: Bagaço, 1996 O discurso do rei. Recife: Fundação de Cultura Cidade do Recife, 1996 Sonetos. Recife: Bagaço, 1999 O território. Recife: Bagaço, 1999 Os tambores. Recife: Bagaço, 1999 O pássaro e a arca. Recife: Bagaço, 2001 Ensaio das lâminas. Recife, 2003 A chama intacta. Recife: Bagaço, 2008 A rosa em chamas. Recife: Bagaço, 2012 A flauta de vidro. Recife: Bagaço, 2014

Discography Carnaval 2000 - CD frevo jointly with the medical composer Luiz Guimaraes.

Awards Mauro Mota Prize for Poetry, FUNDARPE, 1992 Mauro Mota Prize for Poetry, FUNDARPE, 1993 Poetry Prize from the Academy of Arts Pernambuco, 1993 Award Ladjane Flag, Diário de Pernambuco, 1994 Award Eugenio Coimbra Junior, City Council Culture of Recife, 1995 Poetry Prize from the Academy of Arts Pernambuco, 1996

Member of literary institutions Academia Pernambucana de Letras - elected and installed in 2002 Academia de Letras e Artes do Nordeste - having exercised its presidency Sociedade Brasileira de Médicos Escritores (SOBRAMES-PE) - Socio-holder Secretary for the biennium 1990-1991 President in 1992-1993 Academia Recifense de Letras Academia Piauiense de Letras (honorary member)