Category
page 1Writers from São Paulo
Marcos Pontes
NASA astronaut, 22nd Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil (2019–2022) and Senator of the Federative Republic of Brazil since 2023
Bertha Lutz
Brazilian scientist (1894-1976)
Vilém Flusser
Czech philosopher and photographer
Lygia Fagundes Telles
Brazilian novelist and short-story writer (1918–2022)
Oswald de Andrade
Brazilian poet, writer (1890–1954)
Sandy
Brazilian singer and actress
Álvares de Azevedo
Brazilian poet, essayist, short story writer and playwright
Alfredo Le Pera
Argentine writer of Italian parentage (1900–1935)
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Brazilian writer (1914–1977)
Nicolau Sevcenko
Brazilian historian
Marta Suplicy
Brazilian politician, psychologist and mayor of São Paulo (2001–2005)
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda
Brazilian writer and historian (1902–1982)
Miguel M. Abrahão
Brazilian writer
Zélia Gattai
Brazilian writer
Alberto da Costa e Silva
Brazilian writer, historian, diplomat and politician (1931–2023)
Andréa del Fuego
Brazilian writer
Sueli Carneiro
Brazilian philosopher and activist
Daniel Ribeiro
Brazilian film director
Manoel Carlos
Brazilian screenwriter (1933–2026)
Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Brazilian writer, playwright and journalist
Anna Muylaert
Brazilian film director
Aline Wirley
Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter
Ciro Pessoa
Brazilian singer (1957–2020)
Patrícia Melo
Brazilian writer
Alê Abreu
Brazilian film director
Sheila Leirner
Brazilian journalist
Wal Torres
Brazilian activist
Laerte
Brazilian cartoonist
Giselda Leirner
Brazilian artist and writer
Bernardo Kucinski
Brazilian journalist
Tito Livio Ferreira
Brazilian historian, teacher, and journalist
Ferréz
Ferréz (Reginaldo Ferreira da Silva) (born 1975) is a Brazilian author, rapper, cultural critic and activist from Zona Sul (Southern Borough) favela of Capão Redondo in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a leader of Literatura Marginal (Marginal Literature) that started in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the outskirts of São Paulo. His writings are notable for descriptions of graphic violence and the stark reality of individuals living on the margins of society. He emphasises that his writings are addressed to the youth that live in the slums, so that they feel a sense of pride in reading literature t
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio
Brazilian politician (1930-2014)
Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta
Brazilian-born writer
Cícero Sandroni
Brazilian journalist and translator
Antônio Bivar
Brazilian writer
Boris Fausto
Brazilian academic (1930–2023)
Bianca Santana
Brazilian writer
Beatriz Bracher
Brazilian screenwriter and author
Cao Hamburger
Brazilian screenwriter and film director
Márcia Denser
Brazilian journalist
Julián Fuks
Brazilian writer
Diná Silveira de Queirós
Brazilian writer
Carlos Coimbra
Film editor, Film director, Screenwriter
Perseu Abramo
Brazilian university teacher, journalist and writer (1929–1996)
André Vianco
Brazilian writer
Alessandra Silvestri-Levy
Brazilian writer and art curator
Boris Casoy
Brazilian journalist
Paulo Aquarone
Brazilian multimedia poet
Claudio Willer
Brazilian writer and poet
Vange Leonel
Brazilian writer and musician (1963-2014)
Tati Bernardi
Brazilian journalist, screenwriter and writer
Marcos Rey
Brazilian writer
Rodrigo Rodrigues
Brazilian London-based filmmaker, actor, director and producer
Adolpho Lindenberg
Brazilian writer and architect
Wilson Martins
Brazilian literary critic (1921–2010)
Yde Schoenbach Blumenschein
Brazilian writer
Renata Pallottini
Brazilian playwright (1931–2021)
João Antônio
Brazilian writer
Demétrio Magnoli
Brazilian sociologist