Rubem Fonseca

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José Rubem Fonseca (born May 11, 1925 in Juiz de Fora ; † April 15, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian writer of mainly socially critical police and crime novels and a screenwriter.

Life

Rubem Fonseca was born in 1925 as the son of a Portuguese merchant who emigrated to Brazil . When he was seven years old, his family moved to Rio de Janeiro.

After studying law with a focus on criminal law in Rio de Janeiro , he initially worked as a lecturer. He later became an administrative officer in various positions. He began his administrative career on December 31, 1952 as a commissioner in the 16th district of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro . For a short time he worked as a patrol officer, then in office work. Together with other officials from Rio de Janeiro, he was sent to the United States in 1953/54 for further training. Many of the incidents and events he perceived during this time found their way into his works, while he devoted himself increasingly to literature. His last position in the administration was that of the director of the electricity company in Rio de Janeiro.

On February 6, 1958, he resigned from the administrative service and finally turned to writing. He has worked as a journalist , critic, author, screenwriter and temporarily as director of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro.

Rubem Fonseca was married to Théa Maud, who died in 1996. He lived in Rio de Janeiro and had three children. One of his sons is the Brazilian director José Henrique Fonseca .

Fonseca died of a heart attack in Rio de Janeiro in April 2020 at the age of 94.

effect

His works deal with the debauchery and violence in the cities. Fonseca spoke in a sober and direct style of a world in which outsiders, murderers, prostitutes, etc. mix. His first book, Os prisioneiros (German: The prisoners), he published at the age of 38. In 1975 he published the work Feliz Ano Novo , which was banned by the military dictatorship a year later and could only be sold again in 1985. His best-known book is Murder in August (original title: Agosto), which deals with the conspiracies after the suicide of Getúlio Dornelles Vargas . Fonseca wrote novels and short stories as well as screenplays for the cinema. His works have been translated into English, French and German, among others.

Works

All translations of Fonseca's works into German were carried out by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner .

  • Os prisioneiros , 1963
  • A coleira do cão , 1965
  • Lúcia McCartney , 1967
  • O homem de fevereiro ou março , 1973
  • O caso Morel , 1973
  • Feliz Ano Novo , 1975
  • O cobrador , 1979
  • A grande arte , 1983
  • Bufo & Spallanzani , 1986 (German Bufo & Spallanzani, 1987)
  • Vastas emoções e pensamentos imperfeitos , 1988 (German limitless feelings, unfinished thoughts , 1988)
  • The fourth seal . Stories, German 1989
  • The cashier . Stories, German 1989
  • Agosto , 1990 (German murder in August 1994)
  • Romance negro e outras histórias , 1992
  • O selvagem da ópera , 1994
  • O buraco na parede , 1995
  • Histórias de amor , 1997
  • E do meio do mundo prostituto só amores guardei ao meu charuto , 1997
  • A confraria dos espadas , 1998
  • O doente Molière , 2000
  • Secreções, excreções e desatinos , 2001
  • Pequenas criaturas , 2002
  • Diário de um fescenino , 2003
  • 64 contos de Rubem Fonseca , 2004
  • Mandrake, a bíblia ea bengala , 2005
  • Ela e outras histórias , 2006
  • O Seminarista , 2009
  • José , 2011
  • Amálgama , 2013
  • Ianka, meu amor , 2013
  • Histórias Curtas , 2015
  • Caliber 22 , 2017
  • Carne crua , 2018

Filmography

based on works by Fonseca:

  • 1971: Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
  • 1991: The Knife ( A Grande Arte, also as Exposure - The high art of killing or Exposure )
  • 2001: Bufo & Spallanzani
  • 2007: Passeig nocturn (short film)
  • 2008: Paseo nocturno (short film)
  • 2016: Axilas

Awards and honors

literature

  • Vera Lúcia Follain de Figueiredo: Os crimes do texto. Rubem Fonseca ea ficção contemporânea. (= Humanitas ; 90). Ed. UFMG, Belo Horizonte 2003, ISBN 85-7041-344-0 .
  • Edu Teruki Otsuka: Marcas da catastrofe. Experiencia urbana e industria cultural em Rubem Fonseca, João Gilberto Noll e Chico Buarque. Nankin Editorial, São Paulo 2001, ISBN 85-86372-34-X .
  • Petar Petrov: O realismo na ficção de José Cardoso Pires e de Rubem Fonseca. Difel, Algés 2000, ISBN 972-29-0500-7 .
  • Deonísio da Silva: Nos bastidores da censura. Sexual idade, literatura e repressão pós-64. Estação Liberdade, São Paulo 1989.
  • Deonísio da Silva: Rubem Fonseca. Proibido e consagrado. (= Coleção perfis do Rio ; 18). Relume-Dumará, Rio de Janeiro 1996, ISBN 85-7316-098-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The writer Rubem Fonseca is dead - he was the innovator of Brazilian literature. In: Der Spiegel . April 16, 2020, accessed April 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Morre o escritor Rubem Fonseca aos 94 anos. Retrieved April 15, 2020 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Rubem Fonseca is dead. In: Zeit Online . April 16, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Rubem Fonseca, 90, vence prêmio da ABL por conjunto da obra. In: Folha de S. Paulo . May 22, 2015, accessed December 5, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Fonseca, Rubem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fonseca, José Rubem (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Juiz de Fora
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 2020
Place of death Rio de Janeiro