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Chico Buarque

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8 Interesting Facts About Chico Buarque

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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).

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    His 2017 album Caravanas was chosen by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 3rd best Brazilian album of that year.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    During the 1970s and 1980s he collaborated with producers, playwrights and musicians on protest works against the dictatorship.

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    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.

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