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De Moraes, Vinicius

Brazilian writer Vinicius de Moraes (1913–1980) helped to create two of the icons of twentieth-century culture, the play Orfeu da Conceição, which became known in English as Black Orpheus after it was made into an internationally successful film, and the song "Garota de Ipanema," better known as "The Girl from Ipanema."

Those two works formed only a small fraction of what Moraes accomplished. He wrote poetry for specialists and popular songs for the Brazilian people. A complete list of his occupations would also include diplomat, film critic, film censor, screenwriter, singer and recording artist, advice columnist, radio host, non-practicing lawyer, and general nonconformist with a taste for good whiskey. Moraes was always seeking something new, and that tendency helped make him a great crossover artist who fused Western and African cultural ideas in Black Orpheus and brought subtle Brazilian music to the top of the international charts with "The Girl from Ipanema."

Named after Character in Novel

Moraes—in full, Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de Mello Mor

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Biography

Vinicius de Moraes was born on October 19, 1913, in Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. He attended the Faculty of Law, in Rio, and the University of Oxford, where he studied English literature. He is considered one of the main poets in the Portuguese language, with more than 20 books published during his lifetime and translations in several countries. He is the author of Soneto de fidelity, Soneto de separation, Pátria minha and Operário em construction among other enormously popular poems. He was also a chronicler, film critic, playwright and lyricist.

During the staging of the play Orfeu da Conceição, in 1956, he began his musical partnership with Tom Jobim, one of the most important in world popular music. The duo was part of the founders of bossa nova, and created songs of great national and international success, such as “Chega de saudade”, “Insensatez" and “Garota de Ipanema”, one of the most performed songs in the history of the world recording industry. Orfeu da Conceição was adapted for film an

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Me and my namesake, Vinicius de Moraes

I remember, as clear as daylight, the day, 9th July, 40 years ago, when I listened over the radio that the poet, composer, writer, diplomat Vinicius de Moraes had died.

I was a six-year-old boy, named after the man who was being announced dead - a poet, of whom the first memories I have were the songs from his book for children ‘A Arca de Noé’ (Noah's Ark), that I used to sing at home with my sisters.

In that same year, 1980, in October, I remember watching a TV musical show called ‘Vinicius para Crianças’ (Vinicius for children), with the songs from ‘Arca de Noé’ interpreted by the most famous Brazilian singers and groups at the time.

From that moment on, it began to dawn on me that the name Vinicius de Moraes had a meaning that, as a child, I could not yet understand.

As a teenager, Vinicius de Moraes re-emerged in my life. My curiosity for literature, and poetry in particular, led me to discover his poems. I used my savings to buy his ‘Livro dos Sonetos’ (The Book of Sonnets) and not only read them, but also learned many by heart.