Fernando Gabeira

Biography

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy. In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.

Known For

Como Ser Solteiro

O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes

as Himself

Depois do Transe

as Self

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração

Conversa com Bial

Portrait of a Terrorist

as Self

Zona Eleitoral

as Self (Archive Footage)

Maya and the Wave

as Self

Gabeira

as Fernando Gabeira

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

as Self - Mayoral Candidate 2008