Senhor (magazine) explained

Frequency:	Monthly
Category:	Cultural magazine
Founder:	Nahum Sirotsky
Founded:	1959
Firstdate:	March 1959
Finaldate:	January 1964
Country:	Brazil
Based:	Rio de Janeiro
Language:	Portuguese

Senhor (also stylized as Sr., Portuguese: Sir) was a monthly cultural magazine published in the period of 1959 and 1964. The magazine was headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

History and profile

Senhor was established by Nahum Sirotsky in 1959.^{[1] [2]} Nahum Sirotsky was a Brazilian diplomat and journalist, who hailed from a Jewish family.^[3] The first issue of Senhor was published in March 1959,^[2] and its headquarters was in Rio de Janeiro.^[4] Senhor was published on a monthly basis.^[5]

Senhor was very creative in terms of graphic design which is regarded as one of the significant projects in the Brazilian press of the 1960s.^[6] The covers of Senhor were produced by well known artists, including artist Carlos Scliar and caricaturist Jaguar.^[2] The latter also served as the main caricaturist of the magazine.^[7] Regular contributors were Paulo Francis, Armando Nogueira, Luiz Lobo,^[4] Clarice Lispector,^[8] Otto Lara Resende, Carlos Heitor Cony, Graciliano Ramos, Rubem Braga Jorge Amado and Carlos Drummond de Andrade.^[3]

Senhors target audience was the Brazilian upper-classes with higher levels of education.^[9] The magazine featured articles concerning literature, visual arts, society and politics.^[4] The novella by Jorge Amado, The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell, was first published in the inauguration issue of Senhor, which was later published as a book.^{[10] [11]} Various stories of Clarice Lispector were also first published in the magazine, including Uma grama de radium-Mineirinho in 1962. Two years later the story was published in her book named A Legião Estrangeira.^[12]

Senhor folded with the January 1964 issue after producing a total of 59 issues.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Revista Senhor: Modernidade e Cultura na Impensa Brasileira. Universidade Metodista de São Paulo. 16 December 2005. 19 February 2017. Eliane Fátima Corti Basso. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219172600/http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/750. 19 February 2017.
2. Web site: Ruy Castro. Maria Amélia Melo. An update on brazilian publishing history. Matrizes. 19 February 2017. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219172626/http://revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/viewFile/48060/51827. 19 February 2017.
3. News: Nahum Sirotsky, veteran Brazilian journalist and diplomat. 19 February 2017. Jewish News. 4 December 2015.
4. Magdalena Edwards. The Translator's Colors: Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and Elsewhere. 2007. PhD. University of California, Los Angeles. 99–100.
5. Book: María Claudia André. Eva Paulino Bueno. Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. 2014. 913. Routledge. 978-1-317-72634-0. New York; Abingdon.
6. Adilson Gonzales de Oliveira Júnior. Milton Koji Nakata. Revista Senhor: a influência da ilustração na formação do design editorial no Brasil. Educação Gráfica. 2014. 18. 3. 11449/135702.
7. Web site: Jaguar. Itaú Cultural. 19 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160703050057/http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/en/pessoa1734/jaguar. 3 July 2016.
8. Book: Benjamin Moser. Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector. registration. 2009. 233. Oxford; London. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-974392-6.
9. Book: Mariana Machova. Elizabeth Bishop and Translation. 2016. Lexington Books. 978-1-4985-2064-5. 47. Lanham, MD.
10. Web site: Work. Humour, sensualism and defence of the feminine. Jorge Amado website. 19 February 2017.
11. Mauricio S. S. de Oliveira. The Construction of a City: Salvador in the Writings of Jorge Amado. University of Manchester. PhD. 2013.
12. Luigia De Crescenzo. "Diritto di punire" o "Potere di morte"?: crimine, violenza e giustizia in "Mineirinho" di Clarice Lispector. De Crescenzo. 2016. 15 . 15. 10.13130/2035-7680/7184.