Arnaldo Antunes

Arnaldo Antunes at the award ceremony for the Order for Cultural Merit (OMC) 2015

Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho (born September 2, 1960 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian writer and musician. He took part in the Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty in 2004 and in the Berlin Poetry Festival in 2008 .

Career

Antunes grew up as the fifth of seven children in São Paulo. 1967 to 1972 he attended the “Luís de Camões” school there. In the following year he switched to the "PUC SP" school, where he quickly became enthusiastic about artistic languages and poetry. At this time he wrote his first poems. In 1975 he moved again to the "Colégio Equipe", where most of the band members of the Titãs were, and thus got into the inner circle of the band, with whom he was also able to record international success.

Long later, in 1993, after he and his wife stayed in São Paulo with his wife despite his parents who had moved to Rio de Janeiro , he released his first solo album "Nome" , on which he also worked with artists such as Marisa Monte and João Donato collaborated. Nevertheless, he did not lose his connections to his Brazilian homeland and music. B. Curumin , when performing abroad. In the next few years he remained musically active and many other albums and especially books appeared under his name.

Discography

Arnaldo Antunes in the Centro Cultural São Paulo, 2007

Solo albums

Nome (1993)
Ninguém (1995)
O Silêncio (1996)
To Som (1998)
O Corpo (2000)
Paradeiro (2001)
Tribalistas (2002) (with Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown )
Saiba (2004)
Qualquer (2006)
Iê Iê Iê (2009)

As a band member of the Titãs

Titãs (1984)
Televisão (1985)
Cabeça Dinossauro (1986)
Jesus Não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas (1987)
Õ Blésq Blom (1989)
Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora (1991)

Books

Ou e (1983)
Psia (1986)
Tudos (1990)
As Coisas (1992) - Prêmio Jabuti de Poesia (1993)
Nome (1993)
2 ou + Corpos no Mesmo Espaço (1997)
Doble Duplo (2000)
40 Escritos (2000)
Outro (2001)
Palavra Desordem (2002)
ET Eu Tu (2003)
Antologia (2006)
Frases do Tomé aos Três Anos (2006)
Como É que Chama o Nome Disso (2006)
Melhores Poemas (2010)
nda (2010)
Animais (2011)
Outros 40 (2014)
Agora aqui ninguém precisa de si (2015)
Família (2015) - together with Tony Bellotto

literature

Poetic trampoline . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 11, 2008; about the poetry festival in Berlin and Arnaldo Antunes

Web links

Commons : Arnaldo Antunes - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Antunes, Arnaldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Antunes Filho, Arnaldo Augusto Nora (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian poet, writer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd September 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	São Paulo , Brazil