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Moacyr Scliar

1937 - 2011

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Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 – February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman. En route to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moacyr Scliar is the 4,663rd most popular writer (down from 4,338th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among writers, Moacyr Scliar ranks 4,663 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Olbracht, Maxwell Anderson, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Fran Levstik, Mirdza Ķempe, and Nikolay Zabolotsky. After him are Chris Morgan, George Crabbe, Osip Senkovsky, Anton Buttigieg, Felix Dahn, and William Wharton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Moacyr Scliar ranks 349. Before him are Jack Nitzsche, Vasyl Durdynets, Jørgen Leth, Sergey Ling, Christina Schollin, and Joanna Russ. After him are Pat Roach, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Ali Treki, Bruno Mora, Una Stubbs, and Sidney Coleman. Among people deceased in 2011, Moacyr Scliar ranks 290. Before him are Birgitta Trotzig, Friedrich Kittler, George Devol, Jean Tabary, Seve Ballesteros, and Joanna Russ. After him are Gil Scott-Heron, Stig Sundqvist, Boris Chertok, Nate Dogg, Sakyo Komatsu, and Clemar Bucci.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 527 out of 2,236. Before him are Vágner Love (1984), Marta (1986), João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842), Sylvinho (1974), Miranda (1984), and Ely (1921). After him are Márcio Santos (1969), Maurinho (1933), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Christian Fittipaldi (1971), and Beth Carvalho (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 22. Before him are Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Lui Morais (1961), Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923), Ana Maria Machado (1941), and Rachel de Queiroz (1910). After him are Gonçalves Dias (1823), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Nélida Piñon (1937), Olavo Bilac (1865), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), and Manuel Bandeira (1886).

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