Throughout his career, philosopher and poet Ailton Krenak has been a prominent figure in socio-environmental activism and an advocate for indigenous rights.
In 2005, she was awarded the Camões Prize, which recognizes Portuguese language authors for their body of work. Her name joined a list including 33 others authors.
In the last election of this year at ABL, economist Eduardo Giannetti was chosen for Chair 2, which was already occupied by writers Guimarães Rosa and Mário Palmério.
Brazilian filmmaker Carlos José Fontes Diegues, known as Cacá Diegues, was elected Thursday (Aug. 30) a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL), founded by Machado de Assis.
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