Francisco José Pereira

Francisco José "Chico" Pereira (born April 3, 1933 in Florianópolis ; † July 2, 2012 ibid) was a Brazilian writer.

Life

Pereira studied law and later worked as a lawyer specializing in labor law. He began writing in 1957 while still a student. He was arrested during the military dictatorship and later went into exile in Latin America and Africa. Two of his three sons were born during this period.

Honors

Francisco José Pereira was admitted to the Academia Catarinense de Letras , the Santa Catarinensian Academy of Literature in Florianópolis on June 30, 2005 . In successor to Teobaldo Costa Jamundá, he is the third owner of seat number 5, named after the patron saint, Crispim Mira .

Works

• Apartheid - O Horror Branco na África do Sul. Editora Brasiliense 1985.
• As Duas Mortes de Crispim Mira. Editora Lunardelli / Fundação Catarinense de Cultura, Florianópolis 1992.
• Desterro de Meus Amores. Editora Lunardelli / Fundação Catarinense de Cultura, Florianópolis 1993.
• To Ônibus e Quatro Destinos. Editora Movimento 1994
• Vôo da Morte. Editora Garapuvu / Editora Lunardelli, Florianópolis 1995.

Since 1996 his fiction work has been published by the newly founded publisher Editora Garapuvu :

• O Pardieiro. Editora Garapuvu, Florianópolis 1999. (Awarded the Melhor Livro do Ano of the Academia Catarinense de Letras).
• Destinos sem Repouso. Editora Garapuvu, Florianópolis 2001.
• Havia Estrelas no Céu. Editora Garapuvu, Florianópolis 2003. ISBN 978-85-86966-41-5
• O Tempo de Eduardo Dias. Tragédia em 4 paces. Editora Garapuvu, Florianópolis 2005. (Co-author: Amilcar Neves).
• Contos completos. Editora Garapuvu, Florianópolis 2006.

Pereira was also active several times as a publisher, u. a. for the Lexicologia de Os Sertões - O vocabulário de Euclides da Cunha 2001, which was awarded by the Academia Brasileira de Letras .

Web links

• Morre o escritor catarinense Chico Pereira, aos 79 anos , In: Diário Catarinense, July 2, 2012 (Portuguese)