WRITER

Moacyr Scliar

1937 - 2011

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moacyr Scliar has received more than 78,589 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Moacyr Scliar is the 4,338th most popular writer (down from 4,089th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 394th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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  • 79k

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  • 49.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Max e os felinos
1981
O centauro no jardim
1980
A guerra no Bom Fim
1972
A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes
1983
The centaur in the garden
Romance literature
1985
Minha mãe não dorme enquanto eu não chegar e outras crônicas
1996
A estranha nação de Rafael Mendes
1983
The centaur in the garden
Romance literature
1985
Max e os Felinos
O romance **Max e os Felinos**, de Moacyr Scliar, narra a história de Max Schmidt, um alemão que, após ter um caso com uma mulher casada com um nazista, se vê obrigado a fugir de navio para o Brasil. Após a embarcação afundar, Max tem que completar sua jornada numa pequena jangada, acompanhado de um jaguar — um dos animais que estavam sendo transportados no barco. A obra foi apontada como inspiração para o livro "A Vida de Pi", de Yann Martel.
1981
A guerra no Bom Fim
1972
Minha mãe não dorme enquanto eu não chegar e outras crônicas
1996
O centauro no jardim
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Moacyr Scliar ranks 4,338 out of 7,302. Before him are Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, Ruth Westheimer, Maksim Tank, Connie Willis, and Yurii Andrukhovych. After him are Andrew Marvell, Larry Collins, Pherecrates, Robert G. Ingersoll, William Thoms, and Adela Zamudio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Moacyr Scliar ranks 305. Before him are Clodovil Hernandes, Sally Kellerman, Merle Haggard, Jennifer Welles, Brian G. Marsden, and Nikolay Drozdov. After him are Galimzyan Khusainov, Anna Massey, Nélida Piñon, Joe Henderson, Jørgen Leth, and Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő. Among people deceased in 2011, Moacyr Scliar ranks 257. Before him are Peter Post, John Patrick Foley, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, John Stott, Inge Sørensen, and Marco Simoncelli. After him are Gil Scott-Heron, Anna Massey, Géza Alföldy, James L. Elliot, Alenush Terian, and Francesco Quinn.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 463 out of 2,236. Before him are José Lázaro Robles (1924), Ederson (1993), Vágner Love (1984), Ricardo Rocha (1962), Laurindo Almeida (1917), and Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923). After him are Sávio (1974), Castro Alves (1847), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Nélida Piñon (1937), Marquinhos (1994), and Bernardo Rezende (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Moacyr Scliar ranks 20. Before him are José de Alencar (1829), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Ana Maria Machado (1941), and Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923). After him are Castro Alves (1847), Nélida Piñon (1937), Gregório de Matos (1636), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Gonçalves Dias (1823), and Manuel Bandeira (1886).

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