Moacyr Scliar was born on March 23, 1937, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.In 1943, he started studying at School of Education and Culture, or Ídiche School, where his mother had taught. In 1948, he moved to Rosário School, a Catholic high school.
In 1955, he entered at Federal College of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in the course of medicine where he was graduated.
He worked as doctor with the Service of Domiciliary Medical Assistance and Urgency (SAMDU).His first book published was “Histórias de médicos em formação”, in 1962, after this one he never stopped writing.
He is the writer of more than 30 jobs among novel, assays, stories and articles. His books have been translated in many languages such as German, French, Spanish, English, Italian, Hebraic and Swedish.
In 1989, Moacyr Scliar got, in Cuba, the international prize of “Casa de Las Américas” for the book “A Orelha da Van Gogh”.He writes for Folha de S.Paulo since the seventies and assigns an upright section in the section “Cotidiano” nowadays.
Moacyr Scliar is, nowadays, one of the most representative writers of the Brazilian contemporary literature. The main themes of his job are the social reality of the urban middle class in Brazil and the Judaism. The middle class description is, frequently, created by an angle over the reality.
Among his most important jobs are: "A História de um Médico em Formação" (1962); "A Guerra do Bom Fim" (1972); "O Exército de um Homem Só" (1973); "Mês de Cães Danados" (1977); "O Centauro no Jardim" (1980); "A Orelha de Van Gogh" (1988); "Olho Enigmático" (1988) e "A Mulher que Escreveu a Bíblia" (1999).
Some books in English:
O centauro no jardim - The Centaur in the Garden (novel). New York, Ballantine Books, 1985. Pocket Edition, 1988; The University of Winscosin Press, 2003.
In 1955, he entered at Federal College of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in the course of medicine where he was graduated.
He worked as doctor with the Service of Domiciliary Medical Assistance and Urgency (SAMDU).His first book published was “Histórias de médicos em formação”, in 1962, after this one he never stopped writing.
He is the writer of more than 30 jobs among novel, assays, stories and articles. His books have been translated in many languages such as German, French, Spanish, English, Italian, Hebraic and Swedish.
In 1989, Moacyr Scliar got, in Cuba, the international prize of “Casa de Las Américas” for the book “A Orelha da Van Gogh”.He writes for Folha de S.Paulo since the seventies and assigns an upright section in the section “Cotidiano” nowadays.
Moacyr Scliar is, nowadays, one of the most representative writers of the Brazilian contemporary literature. The main themes of his job are the social reality of the urban middle class in Brazil and the Judaism. The middle class description is, frequently, created by an angle over the reality.
Among his most important jobs are: "A História de um Médico em Formação" (1962); "A Guerra do Bom Fim" (1972); "O Exército de um Homem Só" (1973); "Mês de Cães Danados" (1977); "O Centauro no Jardim" (1980); "A Orelha de Van Gogh" (1988); "Olho Enigmático" (1988) e "A Mulher que Escreveu a Bíblia" (1999).
Some books in English:
O centauro no jardim - The Centaur in the Garden (novel). New York, Ballantine Books, 1985. Pocket Edition, 1988; The University of Winscosin Press, 2003.
Os Deuses de Raquel - The Gods of Raquel (novel). New York, Ballantine Books, 1986. Pocket Edition, 1988).
O carnaval dos animais - The Carnival of the Animals (short stories). New York, Ballantine Books, 1986.
A balada do falso messias - The Ballad of the False Messiah (short stories). New York, Ballantine Books, 1987.
A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes - The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes (novel). New York, Crown Books, 1988.
Os voluntários - The Volunteers (novel). New York, Ballantine Books, 1988.
O olho enigmático - The Enigmatic Eye (short stories). New York, Ballantine Books, 1989.
Max e os felinos - Max and the Cats (novel). New York, Ballantine Books, 1990; New York, Plume, 2003; Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2003.
Os melhores contos de Moacyr Scliar - The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar. Albuquerque, New Mexico University Press, 1999.
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