Osvaldo Moles

Osvaldo Moles (14 March 1913 – 14 May 1967) was a Brazilian journalist, and radio announcer. He made important contributions the Brazilian radio, journalism, literature, and cinema.

Biography

Born in Santos in 1913, Moles soon moved with his parents to São Paulo. His ancestors were Italian immigrants. He had a great relationship with the family of his wife, Anita Ramos.

He met the modernists and began his journalistic career at the Diário Nacional. Influenced by the ethnographic travels of Mário de Andrade, he traveled through the northeast and lived in Salvador, Bahia. Back in São Paulo, he wrote for Correio Paulistano.

In 1937, he participated in the foundation of PRG-2 Rádio Tupi in São Paulo and in 1941, at the invitation of Octávio Gabus Mendes, he started to work at PRB-9 Rádio Record, where he met Adoniran Barbosa. In the 1940s, the São Paulo press gave him the nickname "the millionaire creator of programs" to Moles and "the millionaire creator of types" to Barbosa. Together they wrote many songs texts, for example Tiro ao Álvaro and Joga a chave.

He died in 1967 by commuting suicide and the press silenced the fact; Several rumors that say he was in debt or had problems with alcoholism, which is not true. Being a backstage figure, although well known at the time, the silence of the press contributed to his work being ostracized until today.

Awards

1950 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador / Roquette Pinto – Redator Humorístico 1952 – Prêmio Saci de Cinema – Melhor Argumento / Roquette Pinto – Programador Popular 1953 – Prêmio Governador do Estado – por Roteiro de "Simão, o caolho" 1955 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador Geral / Os melhores paulistas de 55 – Manchete RJ, Categoria Rádio. 1956 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Programador Geral 1957 – Prog. Alegria dos Bairros de J. Rosemberg – 4 August 1957 – Produtor Rádio Record / PRF3-TV Os Melhores da Semana, homenagem dos revendedores Walita 1958 – "Tupiniquim" – Produtor / Dr. Paulo Machado de Carvalho – Associação Paulista de Propaganda – Melhor programa. 1959 Revista RM Prêmio Octávio Gabus Mendes – Produtor (Rádio) / Grau de Comendador da Honorífica Ordem Acadêmica de São Francisco / "Tupiniquim" – Prod. Rádio / Troféu Roquette Pinto – Prog. Hum. Rádio / Diploma de Burro Faculdade São Francisco 1960 – Troféu Roquette Pinto – Especial 1964 – Jubileu de Prata (Associação dos profissionais de imprensa de São Paulo on its 25° anniversary)