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Zuenir Ventura Ventura - BIOGRAPHY

1931 - Born in June 1, in addition Paraíba (Brazil), Carlos Zuenir Ventura, the third four children of Jose Antonio Ventura, his Zeze, and Herina de Araujo, owner Baby.

Helping to paint the father was the first of a series of works that would in adolescence: Solid Piraí Bank Bar, the Bar Eldorado janitor, clerk Camisaria Freiburg, schoolteacher College Cêfel were others.

1954 - Moves to the river and joins the National School of Philosophy, the former University of Brazil, UFRJ today, where four years later, he received a bachelor of science degree in Literature and Neo-Latin.

1955 - Works as assistant to the chair philologist Celso Cunha Portuguese Language in the Faculty of Journalism, who would later become in the School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

1956 - is editor of The News in History, "directed by Amaral Netto, a publication paradicdatic that was the historical events in journalistic language.

1957 - For an indication of his college professor, Hélcio Martins, will work as archivist of the "Tribuna da Imprensa" the hours of six pm to midnight.

1958 - Carlos Lacerda, owner of the newspaper, ask for a paper on Albert Camus, author of the writing that nobody knew and who liked Zuenir. Write and, thanks to the success of the text, joins the team of Editor for "Tribune", after being one of the secretaries of writing.

1959 - Wins in a scholarship contest French government at the Centre for Training of Journalists in Paris.

1960/1961 - In parallel studies, works as a correspondent for the "Tribune" in Paris. It makes a curious story for the magazine "Lord" on the fashion of navels out in Saint-Tropez, to the newspaper, covering the passing of Jango through Paris before coming to assume power, the Peace Conference on Algeria Evian, the summit meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev in Vienna. When back to Brazil, meets Mary Akiersztein in drafting the "Tribune", where she was a reporter and begin dating.

1962 - Marries Mary. Go to the "Morning Post" as foreign editor and begins to teach Verbal Communication in the School of Industrial Design, which is one of the founders.

1964 - Mary will cover the Cannes Film Festival for "JB" already pregnant with husband on a trip providential. Police sought the two as "subversive." In Cannes, begins a strong friendship with Glauber Rocha, who attended the competition with "God and the devil on earth from the sun." In return, Elisa was born, his second daughter.

1965 - Invited to reshape and direct the drafting of the Journal Carioca. " Then he moved to the magazine "O Cruzeiro", which becomes the chief reporter.

1966 - Directs the editorial staff of "Facts & Photos".

1967 - Participates in the design of "The Sun" newspaper that would make history even lasting only a few months. Leading the Rio branch of the magazine "Vision".

1968 - Accompanies Paris to mobilize the students. Known as the articulator of the press in Rio for the Communist Party, was arrested after the AI-5 and spent three months between the SOPs, the Dops, the headquarters of Caetano de Faria and Army in Harmony. Divide cell with Helio Pellegrino, Ziraldo, Gerardo Mello Mourao and Osvaldo Peralva. On the same day of his arrest, his wife and his brother are taken by the police and remain trapped for a month. Zuenir leaves the prison in March 1969 with the endorsement of Nelson Rodrigues, who succeeded with the military to release Helio Pellegrino, but it conditioned its output to the cellmate.

1969 - Editora Abril produces for the series of 12 reports "The 60's - The decade that changed everything", later released in book form.


1970 - Directs the writing of the "Morning Post".

1975 - It participates as a screenwriter on the documentary "What country is this?" Directed by Leon Hirzsman for the Italian Radio and Television.

1977 - Changing the "Vision Magazine" by the "Revista Veja," as the head of the branch. During this period, coordinates coverage of the death of Claudia Rodriguez Lessin, with which reporters and mullioned Amigucci Valerio Gallo earn Esso Prize. The team discovers that Claudia had not died of overdose, held as murderers, but because of a blow to the head. It also participates in a cover story on violence in Rio, which is used for the first time the expression "Civil war" to tackle the issue.

1980 - Makes a long interview to "See" with Carlos Drummond de Andrade, after decades of silence of the poet.

1981 - Go to "This, as a director of the branch of the River

1985 - is invited to reformulate the Sunday magazine, the" Jornal do Brazil. "

1986 - Edit B Booklet and soon after setting up the notebook and B-Special Supplement Ideas weekly, focused primarily on the literature.

1988 - It is ten months away from the newspaper to write "1968 - The year that never ended," that becomes a bestseller, having sold over 200 thousand copies. The book is also used as inspiration for the miniseries "rebellious years", by Gilberto Braga and Sergio Marques, Rede Globo.

1989 - By decision of the editors Marcos Sá Corrêa and Flavio Pinheiro, a special reporter is made of "JB" and, as such, going to Acre, where the rubber tapper leader Chico Mendes and environmentalist was killed in December 1988. It is more than a month investigating the crime in the state and produces a series of reports which have earned it two awards: the Esso Journalism, the country's most important, and Wladimir Herzog, human rights.

1993 - In response to the massacres of Candelaria (eight boys dead) and Vicar General (21 people killed), helps create the Viva Rio, an NGO dedicated to social projects and campaigns against violence.

1994 - After spending nine months going to the barrios of Vicar General, transforms the experience in the book "City match," a portrait of the causes of violence in Rio's book wins award Jabuti Report.

1997 - "City of departure" is translated into Italian under the title "Viva Rio".

1998 - Open Collection "Full sins, by publishing objective, to" Envy - Little Secret "book in which, among other things, recounts his successful treatment against a bladder cancer. He also writes, at the invitation of the cartoonist Loredano Cassio, "Rio de J. Carlos "(Lacerda Editores), a long text accompanying his drawings of the cartoonist.

1999 - Let the "Jornal do Brazil" and begins to sign two columns: one in O Globo, Saturday, and another in the magazine "Time", initially weekly and then fortnightly. Collection of texts written for "Jornal do Brazil", "O Globo" and "Season" in the book "Chronicles of an end of the century."

2000 - Publish with Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda and Elio Gaspari's book "Culture in transit - 70/80", with texts written in these decades. With Izabel Jaguaribe, performs the documentary "One day," chapter in the series "Six stories of Brazil", coordinated by João Moreira Salles for the cable channel GNT.

2003 - Begins to write twice a week on the opinion page of The Globe, "leaving the column Saturday in the Second Book. Stops writing in the magazine "Time." Back to Acre after 13 years and from what you see, write the last part of "Chico Mendes - Crime and Punishment," a book published by Companhia das Letras based on the award-winning series "The Acre of Chico Mendes"