Osvaldo Moles Explained

Osvaldo Moles
Birth Date:14 March 1913
Birth Place:Santos, São Paulo
Death Place:São Paulo
Occupation:Journalist
Nationality:Brazilian
Spouse:Anita Ramos

Osvaldo Moles (14 March 1913 – 14 May 1967) was a Brazilian journalist, and radio announcer. He made important contributions the Brazilian radio, journalism, literature, and cinema.[1]

Biography

Born in Santos in 1913, Moles soon moved with his parents to São Paulo. His ancestors were Italian immigrants. He had a great relationship with the family of his wife, Anita Ramos.

He met the modernists and began his journalistic career at the Diário Nacional. Influenced by the ethnographic travels of Mário de Andrade, he traveled through the northeast and lived in Salvador, Bahia. Back in São Paulo, he wrote for Correio Paulistano.

In 1937, he participated in the foundation of PRG-2 Rádio Tupi in São Paulo and in 1941, at the invitation of Octávio Gabus Mendes, he started to work at PRB-9 Rádio Record, where he met Adoniran Barbosa. In the 1940s, the São Paulo press gave him the nickname "the millionaire creator of programs" to Moles and "the millionaire creator of types" to Barbosa. Together they wrote many songs texts, for example Tiro ao Álvaro and Joga a chave.[2]

He died in 1967 by commuting suicide and the press silenced the fact;[3] [4] Several rumors that say he was in debt or had problems with alcoholism, which is not true. Being a backstage figure, although well known at the time, the silence of the press contributed to his work being ostracized until today.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Osvaldo Molles . Humor Brasileiro . 25 January 2015 . baudomaga.com.br . 6 October 2022 . Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Centenário de Osvaldo Moles. amplificar.mus.br. 6 October 2022 .
  3. Book: Os Sons das Malocas e os Ambientes Culturais da Cidade de São Paulo nos Anos 1950. 9788547343880 . 7 October 2022 . Castro . Guilherme de . 15 February 2021 .
  4. In the book Os Sons das Malocas e os Ambientes Culturais da Cidade de São Paulo nos Anos 1950 it's written that was not a written rule, but the press was usually ignoring those who was commuting suicide.
  5. Web site: Osvaldo Moles: O legado do radialista. docplayer.com.br. 6 October 2022 .
  6. Web site: Celebrando Osvaldo Moles . Redação . 31 July 2015 . publishnews.com.br . 14 October 2022 . Portuguese.