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Fernando Morais

b. 1946

Brazilian journalist

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Born 1946. Fernando Morais is a Brazilian journalist, writer, politician and screenwriter.

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, many of which were adapted into film.

Life and career Morais was born in Mariana. 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.

In politics Fernando was state deputy for eight years and State Secretary of Culture (1988-1991) and Education (1991-1993) for São Paulo, during the governments of Orestes Quércia and Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho.

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Brazilian journalist

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Fernando Morais was born on 22 July 1946 in Mariana.

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Fernando Morais is a journalist, writer, politician and screenwriter.

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Fernando Morais is Brazilian.

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· Wikipedia: Fernando Morais

· Wikidata: Q5993089

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