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326:(copy desk). In 1969, after covering the holidays of columnist Sergio Jockymann and to showcase the quality and speed of the text, he went on to sign his own daily column in the newspaper. His first columns were about football, addressing the foundation of the Beira-Rio stadium and the games of the Internacional, his club. The same year he became editor of the advertising agency MPM Propaganda.
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and texts of humor, more precisely satire of manners, published daily in several
Brazilian newspapers, Verissimo is also a cartoonist, translator, and television writer, playwright and novelist. He has also been advertising and newspaper copy desk. He is also a musician, having played saxophone in a
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In 2006, Verissimo reached 70 years of age established as one of the greatest contemporary
Brazilian writers, having sold a total of more than 5 million copies of his books. In 2008, his daughter Fernanda gave birth to his first granddaughter, Lucinda, who was born on the anniversary of the Sport
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a series of novels and romances: "Gula - O Clube dos Anjos" (The Club of Angels) for the collection "Plenos
Pecados" (Complete Sins) of Objetiva (1998), "Borges e os Orangotangos Eternos (Borges and the Eternal Orangutans)" (2000) for the collection "Literatura ou Morte" (Literature or Death) of
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Between 1962 and 1966, lived in Rio de
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Brazilian writers, keeping weekly columns in several newspapers and throwing at least one book a year, always on the bestseller lists, and writing sitcoms for
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When he was 14 he produced with his sister, Clarissa, and a cousin, a local periodical with news of family, which was hung in the bathroom of the house and was called "The
Patentino" ("patente" is the way toilet are known in Rio Grande do Sul).
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In 1981, the book "O Analista de Bagé", launched at the Book Fair of Porto Alegre, sold out its first edition in two days, becoming a bestseller around the country. The character, created (but unused) for a television comedy program with
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In 1971 he created the alternative weekly O Pato Macho with a group of friends in the press and publicity in Porto Alegre, with humorous texts, cartoons, stories and interviews, which circulated throughout the year in the city.
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Verissimo was able to explore talent in two books of short stories, a comic book (with drawings by Edgar Vasques) and an anthology.
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Verissimo married LĂşcia Helena Massa in 1964, and the couple has three children: Fernanda, a journalist, Mariana, a writer, and Pedro, a musician. He lives with his wife in Porto Alegre.
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