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Lula: A Biography

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One of seven children raised in abject poverty by a single parent, Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva acquired his politics on the hard road of personal suffering, inspired by the selfless example of his mother. He started work at the age of eight and didn't learn to read for another two years. At twenty, he lost his wife and child. A union organizer in the 1980s, when Brazil still languished under military dictatorship, Lula helped form the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT or Brazilian Workers' Party). His first steps in politics were faltering. He came last running for governor of S�o Paulo and would have retreated from electoral politics entirely were it not for the intercession of Fidel Castro.

More setbacks were to follow, but in 2003 Lula was elected president. He became one of the most popular politicians not only in Brazilian history but on the planet. His seven years in office saw millions of his compatriots lifted out of poverty. Disqualified from running for president in 2018, he was subsequently sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. That sentence was quashed in 2019, allowing Lula to defeat Jair Bolsonaro and win a third term.

Leading Brazilian journalist Fernando Morais has enjoyed direct, frank, and frequent access to his subject for decades. The result is a biography that paints a human portrait of grandeur and complexity.

321 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 20, 2024

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Fernando Morais

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Jornalista desde 1961, trabalhou nas redações do Jornal da Tarde, Veja, Folha de S. Paulo e TV Cultura.

Recebeu três vezes o Prêmio Esso e quatro vezes o Prêmio Abril de Jornalismo. Foi deputado estadual durante oito anos (pelo MDB-SP e depois pelo PMDB-SP) e secretário da Cultura (1988-1991) e da Educação (1991-1993) do Estado de São Paulo. É autor dos roteiros das minisséries documentais Brasil 500 Anos e Cinco dias que abalaram o Brasil, exibidas pelo canal GNT/Globosat.

Escreveu, entre outros, Transamazônica (Brasiliense, 1970, com Ricardo Gontijo e Alfredo Rizutti), A Ilha (Alfa-Ômega, 1975, reeditado pela Companhia das Letras em 2001), Olga (Alfa-Ômega, 1985, reeditado pela Companhia das Letras em 1993), Chatô, o rei do Brasil (Companhia das Letras, 1994), Corações sujos (Companhia das Letras, 2000), Cem quilos de ouro (Companhia das Letras, 2002), Na toca dos Leões (Planeta, 2004) e Montenegro (Planeta, 2006).

Tem livros traduzidos em dezenove países. Em 2001 Corações sujos recebeu o Prêmio Jabuti de Livro do Ano de Não-Ficção. Em 2004 Olga foi transformado em filme pelo diretor Jayme Monjardim, tendo sido visto por mais de cinco milhões de espectadores e indicado pra representar o país no Oscar de 2005. É membro do Conselho Político do jornal Brasil de Fato e do Conselho Superior da Telesur, TV pública latino-americana sediada em Caracas, Venezuela. É membro da Academia Marianense de Letras, onde ocupa a Cadeira nº 13, que teve como primeiro titular o presidente Tancredo Neves.

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