Alípio Freire
Alípio Freire | |
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Born | 4 November 1945 ![]() Salvador ![]() |
Died | 22 April 2021 ![]() São Paulo ![]() |
Occupation | Journalist, writer, plastic artist ![]() |
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Alípio Raimundo Viana Freire (Salvador, November 4, 1945 – São Paulo, April 22, 2021), better known as Alípio Freire, was a Brazilian journalist, writer and artist.
Biography[]
He was a political prisoner in the Brazilian military dictatorship between 1969 and 1974, imprisoned and tortured in the . His arrest was due to his role in resisting the military coup, especially for his militancy in the Red Wing. He was amnestied in 2005.[1][2]
He was a founding member of the Workers' Party.[3] He served in the Landless Rural Workers Movement.[4]
Freire worked in several alternative journalistic publications. During the dictatorship, he participated in and . Later, he founded the magazine and the newspaper Brasil de Fato.[1]
He wrote Estação Paraíso and Estação Liberdade. He produced the documentary "1964 – A coup against Brazil".[3]
Freire died on April 22 as a result of complications related to COVID-19.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Morre de covid Alípio Freire, um dos fundadores da revista Sem Terra e Brasil de Fato". Brasil de Fato (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Alípio Freire". Memórias da ditadura (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jornalista Alípio Freire morre, aos 75 anos, vítima da covid-19". operamundi.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Morre aos 75 anos o jornalista e escritor Alípio Freire, em decorrência de complicações do coronavírus". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- 1945 births
- 2021 deaths
- Brazilian journalists
- Brazilian writers
- Brazilian artists
- Brazilian prisoners and detainees
- People from Salvador, Bahia
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state)
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