The president loathes the arts, according to critics: asked about his favourite writers he cited a dictatorship-era torturer
Brazilian culture has suffered an unusually devastating year, robbed of some of its leading lights in just a few painful weeks.
The deceased, some of whom fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic, include the musical giants Aldir Blanc and Moraes Moreira; the carnival legend Dona Neném; the actor Flávio Migliaccio; and a trio of top writers – Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, Sérgio Sant’Anna and Rubem Fonseca.
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