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Augusto Boal

1931 - 2009

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Augusto Pinto Boal (Rio de Janeiro, 16 de março de 1931 – Rio de Janeiro, 2 de maio de 2009) foi diretor de teatro, dramaturgo e ensaísta brasileiro, uma das grandes figuras do teatro contemporâneo internacional. Fundador do Teatro do Oprimido, que alia o teatro à ação social, suas técnicas e práticas difundiram-se pelo mundo, de maneira notável nas três últimas décadas do século XX, sendo largamente empregadas não só por aqueles que entendem o teatro como instrumento de emancipação política mas também nas áreas de educação, saúde mental e no sistema prisional. Nas palavras de Boal: O Teatro do Oprimido é o teatro no sentido mais arcaico do termo. Todos os seres humanos são atores - porque atuam - e espectadores - porque observam. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Augusto Boal is the 1,802nd most popular escritor (down from 1,785th in 2024), the 146th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 138th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Escritor.

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Among Escritors

Among escritors, Augusto Boal ranks 1,802 out of 7,302. Before him are Gaius Julius Solinus, Yaşar Kemal, Slavenka Drakulić, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Li He, and Stéphane Hessel. After him are Ion Luca Caragiale, Eduard Mörike, Stephen Crane, Minamoto no Sanetomo, Paul Goodman, and Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Augusto Boal ranks 123. Before him are Morris Chang, Ivan Klíma, Sri Chinmoy, Viliam Schrojf, Yao Wenyuan, and Ole-Johan Dahl. After him are Ermanno Olmi, Masaaki Hatsumi, Dean Smith, Barbara Eden, Márta Mészáros, and Gunnel Lindblom. Among people deceased in 2009, Augusto Boal ranks 85. Before him are Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Lucian Pulvermacher, Arne Næss, Qian Xuesen, Edward T. Hall, and Kim Peek. After him are Glenn Davis, James Whitmore, Armen Takhtajan, Philip José Farmer, Andrew Wyeth, and Félix Malloum.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 146 out of 2,236. Before him are Mário de Andrade (1893), Hulk (1986), Clodoaldo (1949), Aldair (1965), Adriana Lima (1981), and Thiago Motta (1982). After him are Fernando Meirelles (1955), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Peter Medawar (1915), Carlos José Castilho (1927), Lúcio (1978), and Odilo Scherer (1949).

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Among Escritors In Brazil

Among escritors born in Brazil, Augusto Boal ranks 9. Before him are Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Machado de Assis (1839), Osvaldo Moles (1913), Chico Xavier (1910), and Mário de Andrade (1893). After him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), José de Alencar (1829), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), and Monteiro Lobato (1882).

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