Eliane Brum Explained

Eliane Brum
Birth Date:	May 23, 1966
Occupation:	Journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker
Nationality:	Brazilian
Alma Mater:	Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Spouse:	Jonathan Watts
Awards:	Açorianos Award (1994) Jabuti Award (2007)
Years Active:	1988–present

Eliane Brum (born May 1966, in Ijuí) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and documentarist. In 2019, she was long-listed for a National Book Award.^[1]

Life

She graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC / RS) in 1988 and has written for Zero Hora, Época and El País and won more than 40 international awards for reporting, among them the Premio Rey de España and the Inter American Associated Press Award.^[2]

Brum is the author of a novel - Uma Duas (published in English by AmazonCrossing as One Two^[3] - three feature news stories books: Coluna Prestes - O Avesso da Lenda, A Vida que Ninguém Vê (which was awarded in 2007 the Prêmio Jabuti) and O Olho da Rua - and A Menina Quebrada, a collection of columns written by her in Época magazine's website.

Her work appeared in The Guardian.^[4] and El Pais.^[5]

She participated in the Doctors without Borders compilation of special reports Dignity !, which also included authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa. She is co-director of three documentaries: Severina's Story, Gretchen Filme Estrada, and Laerte-se.

She is married to British journalist Jonathan Watts.^[6]

Works

Literature

• 1994 - Coluna Prestes – O Avesso da Lenda (Arts & Crafts)
• 2006 - The Life Nobody Sees (Arquipélago Editorial)
• 2008 - Olho da Rua – a reporter in search of real-life literature (Editora Globo)
• 2011 - Uma Duas (LeYa)^[7]
• 2013 - The Broken Girl (Arquipélago Editorial)
• 2014 - My disappointments – The story of my life with words (Arquipélago Editorial)
• 2019 - Brazil, builder of ruins (Arquipélago Editorial)^[8]
• 2019 - The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections (Graywolf)^[9]
• 2021 - Banzeiro òkòtó: A trip to the Amazon Center of the World (Companhia das Letras)^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Filmography

(Director, Screenwriter)

• 2005 - Uma História Severina (co-directed with Debora Diniz)
• 2010 - Gretchen Filme Estrada (codireção em parceria com Paschoal Samora)
• 2017 - Laerte-se (codireção em parceria com Lygia Barbosa da Silva)
• 2017 - Eu+1: Uma jornada de saúde mental na Amazônia^[14]

External links

• Elian Brum's official page (in Portuguese)
• Portal dos Jornalistas - Eliane Brum
• Revista Época - Eliane Brum
• Eliane Brum Is in the Reforesting Vanguard The Nation, May 22, 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eliane Brum . 2023-06-23 . National Book Foundation . en-US.
2. Web site: Eliane Brum. PEN American Center. 5 June 2015.
3. Web site: Títulos Brasieiros Na Fila de Lançamentos da Amazon Crossing. Conexões Itaú Cultural. Itaú Cultural. 5 June 2015. Portuguese.
4. Web site: Eliane Brum The Guardian . 2023-06-23 . the Guardian . en.
5. Web site: PAÍS . Ediciones EL . 2021-11-30 . Artigos escritos por Eliane Brum EL PAÍS . 2023-06-23 . El País Brasil . pt-BR.
6. Banzeiro Òkòtó: viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo, Companhia das Letras, 2021, p. 140.
7. Book: Uma Duas . 15 October 2018 . 978-85-5450-020-7 . pt-BR .
8. Web site: 2021-03-22 . 2019-10-21 . pt-BR . Brasil, construtor de ruínas . Eliane Brum.
9. Book: THE COLLECTOR OF LEFTOVER SOULS Kirkus Reviews . en.
10. Book: Banzeiro Okoto . 9 March 2023 . 978-1-911648-61-1.
11. News: Atkins . William . 2023-03-07 . A Manifesto for a New World, With the Amazon at Its Center . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-23 . 0362-4331.
12. News: Feinberg . Richard . 2023-02-28 . Banzeiro Okoto: The Amazon as the Center of the World . en-US . Foreign Affairs . March/April 2023 . 2023-06-23 . 0015-7120.
13. Web site: A Dispatch From the Battle to Protect the Amazon Rainforest . 2023-06-23 . InsideHook . en-US.
14. News: 'O centro do Brasil é a Amazônia', afirma a jornalista Eliane Brum . 2017-10-05 . A Crítica . 2020-11-12.