Aldyr Schlee, 2013

Aldyr Garcia Schlee (Jaguarão (RS), November 22, 1934 – Pelotas (RS), November 15, 2018) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, translator, illustrator, and professor.

Biography

Schlee had two main areas of expertise: Brazilian – Uruguayan international relations and the literature of Uruguay and of Brazil, with further specialty in works produced by authors from the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

He wrote various short stories and his work has been included in a number of anthologies.

Some of his books first appeared in Spanish and were published in Uruguay. Personally fluent to the highest levels both in Portuguese and Spanish, he also grew up with and around his family who spoke German, historically a strong regional language (see Riograndenser Hunsrückisch) and the second most widely spoken language in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.[1]

In 1953 Schlee designed the world-famous Brazil national football team jersey Camisa Canarinho. Schlee died on November 15, 2018, a week before his 84th birthday,[2] and on the eve of a Brazil vs. Uruguay friendly match in London.[3]

Prizes received

Schlee twice received the prestigious Bienal Nestlé de Literatura Brasileira literary prize; and he also granted the Prêmio Açorianos de Literatura prize, five times.

Witness to regional language repression by the State during World War II

In a 2011 interview Schlee said that during World War II he personally witnessed German-Brazilian farmers in a chain gang, arrested because they had been caught speaking their native language when the Brazilian Vargas government had summarily prohibited anyone from speaking it;[4] the author explained how it shocked him and caused a lifelong impression on him, to see those men being paraded single file through the city of Santa Cruz do Sul where he lived at that time.[5]

Bibliography

Anthologies
Translations from Spanish to Portuguese
Translations from Portuguese to Spanish

References

  1. ^ Riograndenser Hunsrückisch: Com quase 200 anos de história, o idioma Riograndenser Hunsrückisch Plattdeitsch passa a ser reconhecido como patrimônio cultural do estado do Rio Grande do Sul em 2012; August 31, 2012 by Paul Beppler. Website accessed on January 5, 2015
  2. ^ "Morre Aldyr Garcia Schlee, escritor e criador da camisa da Seleção Brasileira". GaúchaZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Morre Aldyr Schlee, escritor e criador da camisa amarela da seleção brasileira". Globo Esporte. Porto Alegre: Grupo Globo. November 15, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "The effects of the Nationalization Campaign: the Prohibition of the German Language in Southern Brazil during the Second World War by Cynthia Machado Campos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Vamos ouvir Schlee, interview conducted by Roma Beling. Gazeta do Sul (Newspaper): Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 1206 | Santa Cruz do Sul – RS. September 2, 2011. Website accessed on January 4, 2015". Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Diário Popular online – 4 de novembro de 2007". Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

External links

Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
Authority control databases
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