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Brazilian writer and physician (1937–2011)
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Moacyr Scliar
BornMoacyr Jaime Scliar
March 23, 1937
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
DiedFebruary 27, 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 73)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Occupation(s)Writer, physician
Notable workMax and the Cats

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.

Background

Scliar was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, into a Jewish family that immigrated to Brazil from Bessarabia in 1919. He graduated in medicine in 1962, majoring in public health. He first worked at the Jewish Hospital for the Elderly in Porto Alegre, and later worked in the public health field in tuberculosis prevention and treatment.

Writing

A prolific writer, Scliar published over 100 books in Portuguese, covering various literary genres: short stories; novels; young adult fiction; children's books; and essays.

In 1962, his first book Stories of a Doctor in Training was published, although later on he regretted having published it so young. His second book The Carnival of the Animals was published in 1968.

In a recent autobiographical piece, Scliar discusses his membership of the Jewish, medical, Gaucho, and Brazilian tribes. His novel The Centaur in the Garden was included among the 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature by The National Yiddish Book Center. In an interview with Judith Bolton-Fasman published in The Jewish Reader, August 2003, Scliar commented on his use of the centaur as a metaphor: "The centaur is a symbol of the double identity, characteristic of Jews in a country like Brazil. At home, you speak Yiddish, eat gefilte fish, and celebrate Shabbat. But in the streets, you have soccer, samba, and Portuguese. After a while you feel like a centaur."

Translations

Scliar's fiction has been translated into English, Dutch, French, Swedish, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Czech, Serbian, Georgian, Slovene and Danish. His translated fiction is listed in the UNESCO international bibliography of translations.

Awards and recognitions

Works in English

Books

  • The Centaur in the Garden, Translator: Margaret A. Neves
  • The Gods of Raquel, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The One-Man Army, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Carnival of the Animals, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Ballad of the False Messiah, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Volunteers, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Enigmatic Eye, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • Max and the Cats , Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar, Translator: Eloah F. Giacomelli
  • The War in Bom Fim, Translator: David William Foster
  • Kafka's Leopards, Translator Thomas O. Beebee

Short Stories in Anthologies

  • Inside My Dirty Head - The Holocaust, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in TROPICAL SYNAGOGUES: SHORT STORIES BY JEWISH LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS, editor Ilan Stavans
  • The Plagues, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in A HAMMOCK BENEATH THE MANGOES - STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA, editor Thomas Colchie
  • Van Gogh's Ear, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in THE VINTAGE BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN STORIES, editors Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega
  • The Prophets of Benjamin Bok, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in WITH SIGNS AND WONDER: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH FABULIST FICTION, editor Daniel M. Jaffe
  • The Ballad of the False Messiah, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in THE OXFORD BOOK OF JEWISH STORIES, editor Ilan Stavans
  • The Cow; The Last Poor Man, translator Eloah F. Giacomelli, in THE OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF THE BRAZILIAN SHORT STORY, editor K. David Jackson

Works in Portuguese

Books

Short stories

  • O carnaval dos animais. Porto Alegre, Movimento, 1968.
  • A balada do falso Messias. São Paulo, Ática, 1976.
  • Histórias da terra trêmula. São Paulo, Escrita, 1976.
  • O anão no televisor. Porto Alegre, Globo, 1979.
  • Os melhores contos de Moacyr Scliar. São Paulo, Global, 1984.
  • Dez contos escolhidos. Brasília, Horizonte, 1984.
  • O olho enigmático. Rio, Guanabara, 1986.
  • Contos reunidos. São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 1995.
  • O amante da Madonna. Porto Alegre, Mercado Aberto, 1997.
  • Os contistas. Rio, Ediouro, 1997.
  • Histórias para (quase) todos os gostos. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1998.
  • Pai e filho, filho e pai. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 2002.
  • ] []. Rio de Janeiro, Agir, 2009.

Novels

Children and Youth Fiction

Chronicles

  • A massagista japonesa. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1984.
  • Um país chamado infância. Porto Alegre, Sulina, 1989.
  • Dicionário do viajante insólito. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1995.
  • Minha mãe não dorme enquanto eu não chegar. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1996. Artes e Ofícios, 2001.
  • O imaginário cotidiano. São Paulo, Global, 2001.
  • A língua de três pontas: crônicas e citações sobre a arte de falar mal. Porto Alegre.

Essays

  • A condição judaica. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1987.
  • Do mágico ao social: a trajetória da saúde pública. Porto Alegre, L&PM, 1987; SP, Senac, 2002.
  • Cenas médicas. Porto Alegre, Editora da Ufrgs, 1988. Artes&Ofícios, 2002.
  • Enígmas da culpa. São Paulo, Objetiva, 2007.

References

  1. ^ Levin, Janet (October 2012). "Moacyr Scliar". Jewish Renaissance. 12 (1): 19.
  2. Mitgang, Herbert. "Books of The Times; Fleeing the Nazis With a Jaguar That May Be Real", The New York Times, July 11, 1990.
  3. Folha Online (31 May 2009). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura divulga finalistas". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ASSESSORIA DE IMPRENSA SEC (2 August 2010). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura 2010". Governo do Estado de São Paulo: Secretaria da Cultura. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

Bibliography

  • Florina Florescu, "Of Genes, Mutations, and Desires in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Moacyr Scliar's The Centaur in the Garden Catalina", in Elizabeth Klaver (ed.), The Body in Medical Culture (Albany (NY), SUNY Press, 2010).
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