Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (Portuguese: [mõˈtejɾu loˈbatu]; 18 April 1882 – 4 July 1948) was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Farm) but he had been previously a prolific writer of fiction, a translator and an art critic. He also founded one of Brazil's first publishing houses (Companhia Editora Nacional) and was a supporter of nationalism.2
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Born Apr 18, 1882, died Jul 4, 1948.1
About
Lobato was born in Taubaté, São Paulo. He is best known for a set of educational but entertaining children's books, which comprise about half of his production. The other half, consisting of a number of novels and short tales for adult readers, was less popular but marked a watershed in Brazilian literature.
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Companies
- Companhia Editora NacionalFounder12
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: publisher, science fiction writer, journalist, children's writer, novelist, linguist, writer, translator.6
- Date not recordedFounded Fundamentos4
- Date not recordedFounded Companhia Editora Nacional5
Lobato has been posthumously accused of racism, due to the portrayal and treatment of black people in several of his works. In 2010 a Brazilian educator attempted to legally ban Caçadas de Pedrinho from Brazilian junior schools for the prejudicial narrative and terms contained in the novel. For example, Lobato describes Aunt Nastácia (a mulatta), climbing up "the pole of Saint Pedro as an old monkey", and that "no one would escape" a jaguar's attack, including "Aunt Nastácia, of black flesh."
An academic analysis made by the Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Sociais at the Rio de Janeiro State University characterizes Monteiro Lobato as a "dangerously influential racist working on the scholastic area", citing a letter Lobato sent to Toledo Neiva, in which he complains about "a country [Brazil] where men don't have strength enough to organize a Ku Klux Klan", and comparing it to the United States by mentioning André Siegfried, "glad that they're not a second Brazil. Some day, justice will be done to the Ku Klux Klan."
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Personal life
- BornApr 18, 1882, Taubaté7
- DiedJul 4, 1948, São Paulo8
- CitizenshipBrazil9
- SpouseMaria da Pureza Natividade Lobato 1908 to 194810
Children books
A Menina do Narizinho Arrebitado (The Girl With the Turned Up Nose) (1920)
Reinações de Narizinho (Adventures of Lucia Little Nose) (1931)
Viagem ao Céu e O Saci (Voyage to the Sky and The Saci) (1932)
Caçadas de Pedrinho and Hans Staden (Pete's Hunting and Hans Staden) (1933)
História do Mundo para as Crianças (History of the World for Children) (1933)
Memórias da Emília and Peter Pan (Emilia's Autobiography and Peter Pan) (1936)
Emília no País da Gramática and Aritmética da Emília (Emilia in the Grammar Country and Emilia's Math Book) (1934)
Geografia de Dona Benta (Mrs. Benta's Geography) (1935)
Serões de Dona Benta and História das invenções (Night Chatting With Mrs. Benta and Histories of Inventions) (1937)
D. Quixote das Crianças (D. Quixote of Children) (1936)
O Poço do Visconde (The Viscount's Well) (1937)
Histórias de tia Nastácia (Aunt Anastacia's Tales) (1937)
O Picapau Amarelo and A Reforma da Natureza (The Yellow Woodpecker Farm and Reforming Nature) (1939)
O Minotauro (The Minotaur) (1937)
A Chave do Tamanho (The Size Switch) (1942)
Fábulas (Fables) (1942)
Os Doze Trabalhos de Hércules (The Twelve Trials of Hercules) (2 vols) (1944)
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