Caio Fernando Abreu

Caio Fernando Abreu or Caio Fernando Loureiro de Abreu (September 12, 1948—February 25, 1996) was a journalist and literary writer.

He was born in born in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and studied at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul but abandoned academia before graduating to write for pop culture magazines such as "Revista Nova", "Revista Manchete", "Revista Veja" and "Revista Pop".

In 1968 Abreu was put on the wanted list by the DOPS or the "Departamento de Ordem Política e Social", a repressive branch of the Brazilian government that operated during years when the repressive military regime was in power, but found refuge at the country estate of Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst, located near the city of Campinas, in state of São Paulo. During the early 70's he spent one year in self-exile in Europe, spending time in England, Sweden, France, Holland and in Spain.

In 1983 he relocated from his native Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, to the city of Rio de Janeiro; and in 1985 he moved to the city of São Paulo. Abreu then return again to France in 1994 where he found out that he was HIV positive. That same year he returned home to Porto Alegre permanently to live with his parents. He enjoyed gardening before passing away there two years later.

Abreu's work in film

Two of Abreu's short stories has been made into film: "Aqueles Dois" was made into a 1983 feature film directed by Sergio Amon and "Sargento Garcia" was made into a 2000 short film directed by Tutti Gregianin. His novel "Onde Andará Dulce Veiga" was also made into a feature film, released in Brazil in 2007 and directed by Caio's friend Guilherme de Almeida Prado. Abreu has also written the screenplay for Sergio Bianchi's 1988 feature "Romance". [ [http://poll.imdb.com/name/nm0009330/ IMDb] ] .

Bibliography

*"Inventário do irremediável" Brazil (1970, 1995).
*"Limite branco" Brazil (1971, 1984, 1992).
*"O ovo apunhalado" Brazil (1975, 1984, 1992).
*"Pedras de Calcutá" Brazil (1977, 1995).
*"Morangos mofados" Brazil (1982, 1995, 2005).
*"Triângulo das águas" Brazil, Prêmio Jabuti - 1983 (1983, 1993).
*"As frangas" Brazil, (1988).
*"Os dragões não conhecem o paraíso" Brazil, Prêmio Jabuti - 1988 (1988).
*"A maldição do Vale Negro" Brazil, "Molière Price" by Air France - 1988 (1988).
*"Onde andará Dulce Veiga?" Brazil (1990).
*"Bien loin de Marienbad" France (1994).
*"Ovelhas negras" Brazil (1995).
*"Mel & girassóis" Brazil (1996).
*"Teatro completo" Brazil (1997).
*"Cartas" (Caio Fernando Abreu & Ítalo Moriconi), Brazil (2002).

;Theater
*"O homem e a mancha"
*"Zona contaminada"

;Translation
*"A arte da guerra" by Sun Tzu (Caio Fernando Abreu & Miriam Paglia), (1995).

See also

* João Silvério Trevisan

References

External links

* [http://semamorsoaloucura.blogspot.com Some of the short stories by Caio Fernando Abreu] . (Site in Portuguese).
* [http://semamorsoaloucura.blogspot.com/2006/09/os-sobreviventes.html "Os sobreviventes" - short story] . (Site in Portuguese).
* [http://semamorsoaloucura.blogspot.com/2006/10/aqueles-dois.html "Aqueles dois" - short story] . (Site in Portuguese).
* [http://portacurtas.uol.com.br/busca.asp# "Sargento Garcia", based on the sort story "Aqueles Dois"] . View online (Film in Portuguese, no subtitles).