Prose

Vinicius de Moraes was an astute observer of our reality. As a chronicler, he left a unique legacy by recording the country's cultural and urban changes between the 1940s and 1970s, with an always interested, curious and irreverent look. A central name in Brazilian poetry and songbooks, Vinicius de Moraes was a notable chronicler. Everything attracted his attention: the films showing, the price of the tram and the urban, behavioral and social transformations in the country -- especially in his city, Rio de Janeiro.

Organized by Eucanaã Ferraz and Eduardo Coelho, this volume brings together 172 prose texts that Vinicius published in the press between the 1940s and 1970s and that have remained unpublished in book form to this day.
Here is the restless and irresistible style of the poet who forever marked -- and in the most diverse fields -- the country's culture.