Antônio Callado was a Brazilian journalist, playwright, and novelist. Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Callado studied law, then worked as a journalist in London for the BBC

BBC

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's Brazilian Service from 1941 to 1947. Callado began writing fiction in the 1950s. His first novel, A assunção de Salviano (The Assumption of Salviano), was published in 1954, and his last, O homem cordial e outras histórias (Men of Feeling and Other Stories), came out in 1993. Quarup (1967) is regarded as his most famous work. Callado has received literary prizes that include the Golfinho de Ouro, the Prêmio Brasília, and the Goethe Prize

Goethe Prize

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 for fiction for Sempreviva (1981).

Works

• O fígado de Prometeu, play (1951)
• A assunção de Salviano, novel (1954)
• A cidade assassinada, play (1954)
• Frankel, play (1955)
• A madona de cedro, novel (1957)
• Retrato de Portinari, biography (1957)
• Pedro Mico, play (1957)
• Colar de coral, play (1957)
• O tesouro de Chica da Silva, play (1962)
• Forró no Engenho Cananéia, play (1964)
• Kuarup
  Kuarup (film)
  Kuarup is a 1989 Brazilian drama film directed by Ruy Guerra. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Taumaturgo Ferreira - Nando* Fernanda Torres - Francisca* Cláudio Mamberti - Ramiro* Umberto Magnani - Fontoura* Ewerton de Castro...
  
  , novel (1967)
• Bar Don Juan, novel (1971)
• Reflexos do baile, novel (1976)
• Sempreviva, novel (1981)
• A expedição Montaigne, novel (1982)
• A revolta da cachaça, play (1983)
• Concerto carioca, novel (1985)
• Memórias de Aldenham House, novel (1989)
• O homem cordial e outras histórias, short stories (1993)