With 23 votes, he is the first indigenous person to become a member, and is taking seat number five, which belonged to José Murilo de Carvalho, who died in August this year.
The new occupant of Chair 13 worked in all major news outlets in Rio and São Paulo and wrote biographies and works on the history of music genres and Rio districts.
After a recess due to the pandemic, the Lúcio de Mendonça and the Rodolfo Garcia Libraries at the Academy’s headquarters in downtown Rio are again open to the public.
Sunday was Brazil’s Forest Protection Day and Curupira Day. July 19 is National Football Day. Also this week, the Brazilian Academy of Letters is turning 125 years old.
With a PhD in Political Science and a master’s in Sociology, he is already a member of the São Paulo Academy of Letters and comes to replace Lygia Fagundes Telles.
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