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Chico Buarque
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- #001
Chico Buarque is the brother of the singers Miúcha, Ana de Hollanda and Cristina Buarque.
- #002
Chico Buarque is the father of the actress Sílvia Buarque (born 28 March 1969), Helena (born 22 December 1970) and Luísa Buarque de Hollanda (born 17 September 1975).
- #003
His greatest passion is football: he is a famous supporter of Rio's Fluminense club, he has his own pitch where he plays as a forward with an amateur team of celebrities, and he made a song ("O Futebol") as a tribute to the world legends Pelé and Garrincha.
- #004
He is the son of the writer and anthropologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda.
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He is the uncle of the singer Bebel Gilberto.
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He was loved by women for his great habit of understanding female souls in his songs.
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Mother: Maria Amélia Buarque de Hollanda (born 1910).
- #008
He is the father-in-law of the actor Chico Díaz.
- #009
He is the father-in-law of the composer Carlinhos Brown.
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He is the grandfather of Irene (Sílvia's daughter), and of Lia and Teresa (Luisa's daughters).
- #011
His 2017 album Caravanas was chosen by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 3rd best Brazilian album of that year.
- #012
In 2019 Buarque was awarded the Camões Prize, the most important award in Portuguese literature. However, the presentation of the prize was delayed by four years because of Jair Bolsonaro's actions, and Buarque only received it in April 2023.
- #013
The cover art of Buarque's 1966 album Chico Buarque de Hollanda, featuring a "happy" Chico and a "sad" Chico, became a viral internet meme.
- #014
In 1970 he left Brazil for Italy for 18 months, and in 1972 he returned to write his first novel, which was not targeted by the censors.
- #015
As a child he was influenced by the bossa nova musical style, especially the work of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He was also keen on writing, wrote his first short story at the age of 18, and read European literature from a young age as well.
- #016
During the 1970s and 1980s he collaborated with producers, playwrights and musicians on protest works against the dictatorship.
- #017
In 2013 he was awarded the "Casa de las Américas" prize in the narrative fiction category for 'Dökülen Süt' (Leche derramada, Leite derramado).
- #018
He made his debut as a musician and composer in 1964, and with the emergence of bossa nova and Nara Leão's recording of three of his songs, he quickly gained fame at music festivals and on television variety shows.
- #019
He wrote "Budapeste", a novel that won the Prêmio Jabuti, a Brazilian literary prize that enjoys critical national acclaim and can be compared to the Booker Prize.
- #020
Buarque approached the 1983 Peace Concert in Nicaragua as a valid forum for expressing his strong political views. The Peace Concert in Nicaragua was one of the concert series known as the "Central American Peace Concerts." These concerts featured various Latin American artists.
- #021
Throughout his childhood, Chico Buarque lived in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rome.
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