Moacyr Scliar

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Moacyr Scliar (2003)

Moacyr Jaime Scliar (born March 23, 1937 in Porto Alegre ; † February 27, 2011 ibid) was a Brazilian writer and doctor .

Career

Scliar was born in 1937 in the Jewish quarter of Porto Alegres in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul . In 1962 he completed his medical studies in Israel and published his first book Histórias de Médicos em Formação ( Stories of a Doctor-to-be ) in the same year, but later regretted its early publication.

In 1968 his second book was published, the short story volume O carnaval dos animais (Carnival of the Animals) , which was followed by many other stories, novels, books for children and young people and essays on various topics. Scliar is one of the most recognized writers in Brazil today. He dedicates a large part of his work to the Jewish identity in the Diaspora in general and to the Judaism of Brazil in particular. But the criticism of social grievances in Brazil also shapes Scliar's work.

In 2003 he was elected for life in the Academia Brasileira de Letras , the Brazilian Academy of Literature, Chair 31. In addition to numerous awards, he received the Brazilian literary prize Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura four times : 1988 in the short prose category for O olho enigmático , 1993 for the novel Sonhos Tropicais , 2000 for A mulher que escreveu a Bíblia and 2009 for Manual de paixão solitária .

Scliar became internationally known when Yann Martel used the basic idea of ​​his novel Max e os Felinos ( Max and the Cats ) in his novel Life of Pi ( Shipwreck with Tiger ) without informing Scliar about it; However, Scliar refrained from filing a plagiarism lawsuit after talking to Martel.

Scliar's novels have been translated into numerous world languages, six of them also into German. He is also featured in numerous anthologies and magazines. The first monograph on Scliar's life and work was published in Germany in 1992: The Strange Nation of Moacyr Scliar by Albert von Brunn.

Works (selection)

stories
  • Histórias de Médicos em Formação. 1962.
  • O carnaval dos animais. Contes. Ediouro, Rio de Janeiro 1983, ISBN 85-00-62146-X (reprint of the 1968 Porto Alegre edition).
  • O olho enigmático. Contes. Editorial Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro 1986.
Essays
Crônicas
  • A massagista japonesa. L&PM, Porto Alegre, 1984.
  • To país chamado infância. Sulina, Porto Alegre, 1989.
  • Dicionário do viajante insólito. L&PM, Porto Alegre, 1995.
  • Minha mãe not dorme enquanto eu not chegar. L&PM, Porto Alegre, 1996. Artes e Ofícios, Porto Alegre 2001.
  • O imaginário cotidiano. Global, São Paulo, 2001.
  • A língua de três pontas: crônicas e citações sobre a arte de falar times. Artes e Oficios, Porto Alegre 2001, ISBN 85-7421-070-6 .
youth book
Novels
  • A wasra no Bom Fim. Novela. 2nd Edition. Expressão e Cultura, Rio de Janeiro 1974.
  • O exército de um homem só. Expressão e Cultura, Rio 1973. L&PM, Porto Alegre, ISBN 85-254-0652-X .
    • Translation: The One Man Army. Novel. Translated by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner . Edition Weitbrecht, Stuttgart 1987. Numerous reprints, most recently a new edition: The One-Man Army. Novel. Translated by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner. Lilienfeld, Düsseldorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-940357-36-6 .
  • Os deuses de Raquel. L&PM, Porto Alegre 1975, ISBN 85-254-1225-2 .
    • Translation: The Gods of Raquel. Translated by Marlen Eckl. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-95565-000-1 .
  • O Centauro no jardim. Nova Fronteira, Rio 1980. L&PM, Porto Alegre.
    • Translation: The Centaur in the Garden. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989, ISBN 3-499-12266-9 (translated by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner). New edition: Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-455-40459-3 .
  • Max e os Felinos. Editorial B, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 958-97773-1-7 (reprint of the Rio de Janeiro 1981 edition).
  • A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes. L&PM, Porto Alegre 1983, ISBN 85-254-0936-7 .
    • Translation: The strange people of Rafael Mendes. Novel. Edition Weitbrecht, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-522-70540-8 (translated by Kurt Scharf).
  • Cenas da vida minúscula. Novela. 4th ed. L & PM Ediciones, Porto Alegre 1991, ISBN 85-254-0355-5 .
  • Sonhos tropicais. Novela. Compania das Letras, São Paulo 1994, ISBN 85-7164-249-4 .
  • A majestade do Xingu. Novela. 3rd edition Compania das Letras, São Paulo 1999, ISBN 85-7164-701-1 .
  • A mulher que escreveu a Bíblia. Novela. New edition Schwartz, São Paulo 2000, ISBN 85-7164-937-5 .
  • Os leopardos de Kafka. Novela. Compania das Letras, São Paulo 2000, ISBN 85-359-0021-7 .
  • Uma história farroupilha. Novela. 2004.
  • Na noite do ventre, oh diamante. Novela. Objectiva, Rio de Janeiro 2005, ISBN 85-7302-679-0 .
  • Os vendilhões do templo. Novela. Compania das Letras, São Paulo 2006, ISBN 85-359-0829-3 .
  • Manual da paixão solitária. Novela. Compania das Letras, São Paulo 2008, ISBN 978-85-359-1355-2 .
  • Eu vos abraço, milhões. Novela. Compania das Letras, São Paulo 2010, ISBN 978-85-359-1739-0 .

literature

  • Albert von Brunn: The Strange Nation of Moacyr Scliar. Jewish epic in Brazil . Domus Editoria Europaea Axel Schönberger / Verlag Teo Ferrer de Mesquita, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-927884-04-9 (Studies on the Literature of Portugal and Brazil; 2).
  • David Schidlowsky: Historical Novel and Jewish History. The way of the new Christians in Brazil at Moacyr Scliar . Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-932089-00-6 .
  • Sonja Maria Steckbauer: El diamante errante: historia judía revisitada en Moacyr Scliar. In: Romanitas. Literaturas latinoamericanas y caribenas. (Ed. Peter Klaus) 2009, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 251-261. ISSN  1946-7281 . (Portuguese).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schidlowsky, David: Historical novel and Jewish history. The path of the new Christians in Brazil by Moacyr Scliar , Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, Berlin 1996, p. 7
personal data
SURNAME Scliar, Moacyr
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scliar, Moacyr Jaime
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto Alegre
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2011
Place of death Porto Alegre