Ziraldo Alves Pinto (October 24, 1932 – April 6, 2024), known mononymously as Ziraldo, was a Brazilian author, painter, comics creator, and journalist. His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema. His children's books, such as the popular O Menino Maluquinho, have also been the basis of successful films and television series in Brazil.
| Ziraldo | |
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.jpg) Ziraldo in 2015 | |
| Born | October 24, 1932 Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | April 6, 2024 (aged 91) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Notable works | O Menino Maluquinho |
Biography edit
Ziraldo first published his work when he was six years old, a year before he started going to school.[1] This was a drawing printed in the newspaper A Folha de Minas in 1938.[1] He began working at the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo in 1954, with a column dedicated to humor. Ziraldo gained national notoriety when he worked at the magazine O Cruzeiro in 1957 and subsequently at Jornal do Brasil in 1963. His characters (including Jeremias o Bom, the Supermãe and Mirinho) won readers.
In 1960, he launched the first Brazilian comic book made by a single author, Turma do Pererê, featuring the Saci of Brazilian folklore, which was also the first comic book produced entirely in color in Brazil. This comic book promoted and also satirized Brazilian traditional values.[2] Although it reached one of the largest runs of the season, Turma do Pererê was canceled in 1964, shortly after the start of the military regime in Brazil. In the 1970s, Editora Abril relaunched the magazine, this time, however, without the same success.[3] Together with other progressive artists, Ziraldo also created the non-conformist comic newspaper O Pasquim during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil. This tabloid, which was based in Carioca, became popular for its humorous critique of the military government.[4]
Ziraldo was the father of the film director Daniela Thomas and the Golden Globe Award-nominated film score composer Antônio Pinto.[5][6]
Ziraldo died in his apartment in Rio de Janeiro, on 6 April 2024, at the age of 91.[7][8]
Works edit
Comics edit
- O Pererê (1959 – 1976)
- Jeremias, O Bom (1965-1969)
- The Supermãe (1968-1984)
- O Menino Maluquinho (1988-2007)
Books edit
- Flicts (1969)
- O Planeta Lilás (1979)
- O Menino Maluquinho series
- O Menino Maluquinho (1980)
- Uma Menina Chamada Julieta (2009)
- Mônica e o Menino Maluquinho na Montanha Mágica (2018)
- O Bebê que Sabia Brincar (2020)
- O Bichinho da Maçã / Bichim series
- O Bichinho da Maçã (1982)
- Como ir ao Mundo da Lua (1995)
- Cada um Mora Onde Pode (2008)
- As Anedotinhas do Bichinho da Maçã (2011)
- As Flores da Primavera (2020)
- Um Amor de Família (2020)
- O Bichinho que Queria Crescer (2020)
- As Cores e os Dias da Semana (2020)
- A Fábula das Três Cores (1985)
- O Pequeno Planeta Perdido (1985)
- O Menino Marrom (1986)
- Corpim series[9]
- Pelegrino & Petrônio
- Os Dez Amigos
- Um Sorriso Chamado Luiz
- Rolim
- Dodó
- O Joelho Juvenal
- O Calcanhar de Aquiles
- O Menino Quadradinho (1989)
- Professora Maluquinha series
- Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha (1995)
- As Aventuras da Professora Maluquinha em Quadrinhos (2010)
- Vito Grandam: Uma História de Vôos (1995)
- O Menino do Rio Doce (1996)
- Tia Nota Dez (1996)
- Menina Nina: Duas Razões Para Não Chorar (2002)
- O Menino e seu Amigo (2003)
- Os Meninos Morenos (2004)
- O Aspite (2005)
- Os Meninos dos Planetas series[10]
- O Menino da Lua
- O Namorado da Fada ou Menino de Urano
- O Menino da Terra
- O Capetinha do Espaço: ou o Menino de Mercúrio
- Os Meninos de Marte
- O Menino Que Veio de Vênus
- Nino, o Menino de Saturno
- O Menino D´Água e o Planeta Netuno
- Ju, o Menino de Júpiter: O Maior Menino do Mundo
- As Cores do Escuro e os Meninos de Plutão
- Menina das Estrelas (2007)
- A Bela Borboleta (2009)
- Meninas (2016)
Illustration only edit
- Chapeuzinho Amarelo (1970)
- Pra Boi Dormir (1992)
- Noções de Coisas (1995)
References edit
- ^ a b Pereira da Silva, Luciana. Prática Textual Em Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese). IESDE BRASIL SA. p. 28. ISBN 978-85-387-2245-8.
- ^ Klobucka, Anna M. (2014). Gender, Empire, and Postcolony: Luso-Afro-Brazilian Intersections. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-34341-3.
- ^ de Moya, Alvaro. "Ziraldo Alves Pinto" Archived August 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ Atencio, Rebecca J. (2014). Memory’s Turn: Reckoning with Dictatorship in Brazil. Madison: University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-299-29724-4.
- ^ "ISTOÉ Gente". www.terra.com.br. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (July 14, 2017). "Ziraldo ganha documentário dirigido pela filha Daniela Thomas". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Morre Ziraldo, cartunista criador de 'O Menino Maluquinho', aos 91 anos". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Costa, Luiz Antônio; Nascimento, Rafael (April 6, 2024). "Morre Ziraldo, criador de 'O Menino Maluquinho', aos 91 anos" [Ziraldo, creator of 'O Menino Maluquinho', dies aged 91]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ http://www.dicasdadinda.com.br/index.php/home/cultura/livros/8178-ziraldo-e-o-corpo-humano
- ^ https://paginacinco.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2018/05/01/ziraldo-meninos-dos-planetas/
External links edit
- Ziraldo at Google Cultural Institute
- Brazilian government site
- Ziraldo at IMDb
- Lambiek
- Ziraldo discography at Discogs