Vinícius de Moraes

Vinícius de Moraes 1970

Marcus Vinícius da Cruz de Melo Moraes , or Vinícius de Moraes for short (born October 19, 1913 in Gávea , † July 9, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian poet , thinker, diplomat and singer.

Life

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Vinícius de Moraes wrote many works and poems , especially those in South America . In 1956 his play Orfeu da Conceição, written in 1954, was premiered with the music of Antônio Carlos Jobim , which served as a template for the film Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus . De Moraes was also involved in the creation of the script.

De Moraes wrote the text for Baden Powell de Aquino's composition Berimbau and various bossa nova pieces by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Probably his best known work are the Portuguese lines of text to the classic Garota de Ipanema ( The Girl from Ipanema ).

Quotes

It is more important to live than to be happy (based on the poem by Leslie Kaplan L'enfer est vert ).
You don't make friends, you recognize a friend .
Love is forever as long as it lasts .
The ugly women may forgive me, but beauty is fundamental .
Whiskey is man's best friend, he is the dog in the bottle . ("O whiskey é o melhor amigo do homem, ele é o cachorro engarrafado.")

Others

Vinicius , the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, was named after de Moraes.

publication

Antologia poética. Editôra Sabiá, Rio de Janeiro 1967.
Saravá . Poems and songs. [Bilingual edition]. Selected and translated by Kay-Michael Schreiner. Vervuert publishing house, Frankfurt a. M., 1982. Contains texts by Antonio Cándido, Carlos Drummond de Andrade and a conversation with de Moraes.

Web links

Commons : Vinícius de Moraes - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Vinícius de Moraes in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Vinícius de Moraes in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Vinicius de Moraes (Portuguese)
Samba de Orly , Samba pra Vinicius and A gente vai levando (video)

Individual evidence

↑ Reinhard Pietsch: "Composition and improvisation are twin sisters". (Interview with Baden Powell and Sylvia Powell) In: Guitar & Laute 5, 1983, Heft 4, pp. 239–246; here: p. 244.
^ Rahul Hamid: Orfeu Negro (1959). In: Steven Jay Schneider (Ed.): 1001 films. Edition Olms, Zurich 2004, p. 366.

personal data
SURNAME	Moraes, Vinícius de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Melo Moraes, Marcus Vinícius da Cruz de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian poet and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gávea
DATE OF DEATH	July 9, 1980
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro

[1] Reinhard Pietsch: "Composition and improvisation are twin sisters". (Interview with Baden Powell and Sylvia Powell) In: Guitar & Laute 5, 1983, Heft 4, pp. 239–246; here: p. 244.

[2] Rahul Hamid: Orfeu Negro (1959). In: Steven Jay Schneider (Ed.): 1001 films. Edition Olms, Zurich 2004, p. 366.