Edgar Rodrigues
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| Edgar Rodrigues | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antônio Francisco Correia March 12, 1921 Matosinhos, Porto,  Portugal |
| 💀Died | May 14, 2009 (aged 88) Rio de Janeiro,  BrazilMay 14, 2009 (aged 88) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Portuguese |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Movement | Anarchism |
| 👴 👵 Parents |
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Edgar Rodrigues, pseudonym of Antônio Francisco Correia (Angeiras, March 12, 1921 — Rio de Janeiro, 14 of May 2009), was historian, archivist and writer born in Portugal and living in Brazil from 1951, the year he left his native country to escape the dictatorial persecution of the Estado Novo.[1]
Biography[edit]
Edgar was born in Angeiras, north of the city of Matosinhos, district of Porto, in Portugal, on March 12, 1921, son of Manuel Francisco Correira and Albina da Silva Santos. His father was an anarcho-syndicalist activist and participated in the Sindicato das Quatro Artes, affiliated to the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and the International Workers Association (AIT), involving various civil construction trades in Matosinhos. After the arrest of his father by agents of the Estado Novo, he went to visit him several times in the ten weeks he was held in the prison. When he was released, Manuel was fired from his job and the family suffered from famine. Around this time, Edgar began writing drafts of his first book. On May 1, 1939, he and some friends failed to serve in protest and came together to reaffirm the anarchist origins of that date. On March 1, 1940, he joined the Grupo Dramático Flor da Mocidade (amateur theater), from Santa Cruz Bispo, municipality of Matosinhos, where he met Ondina dos Anjos da Costa Santos, who was his companion throughout the whole of his life in the country. He was also a member of the board of the Grupo Dramático Alegres de Perafita, where he met the activist José Marques da Costa. In 1948, he personally met the anarchist Luis Joaquim Portela in hiding and helped his companion to obtain false documentation, however, due to a tip, the latter was arrested in November. On July 19, 1951, Edgar met the anticlerical writer Tomás da Fonseca and, the next day, to escape the political persecution of the Portuguese dictatorship, he embarked for Brazil.[2]
As soon as he arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he met Roberto das Neves, Manuel Perez, Giacomo Bottino, Ida Bottino, Germinal Bottino, Pascoal Gravina, )|José Romero, Ondina Romero, Angelina Soares, Diamantino Augusto, José Oiticica, João Peres Bouças, Carolina Peres, Ideal Peres, Afonso Vieira among others. At the request of the latter two, he delivered a text of his own, on the dictatorship in Portugal, which was published in the anarchist newspaper Ação Direta and was soon participating in the group's editor. Then, with the help of Enio Cardoso, Domingos Rojas and Benjamim Cano Ruiz, he also published texts in the international libertarian press and adopted the pseudonym Edgar Rodrigues. Between February 9 and 11, 1953, he participated in a Brazilian anarchist meeting, at the residence of José Oiticica, where he met other acratic militants who worked in São Paulo: Edgard Leuenroth, Adelino Tavares de Pinho, Lucca Gabriel, Osvaldo Salgueiro, etc. During this period, he also met the Spanish writer and journalist Victor Garcia, the Romanian poet and writer Eugen Relgis and the Paraguayan Ceríaco Duarte. He published his first book Na Inquisição de Salazar in May 1957. On March 7, 1958, by the initiative of the Grupo Libertário Fábio Luz, the Professor José Oiticica Study Center (CEPJO) was founded with the signature of Edgar and others. Another initiative was CEPJO's creation of Editora Mundo Livre which published, among other titles, O Retrato da Ditadura Portuguesa (1962) by Edgar. In October 1969, CEPJO was closed by the Brazilian Armed Forces and Edgar and others were arrested.[3]
The process lasted until November 30, 1971. In the same period, Edgar started to publish books detailing the history of the anarchist movement in Brazil, and later, the history of the Portuguese libertarian movement. He wrote 62 books (between 1957 and 2007), published mainly in Brazil and Portugal, but also in Italy, Venezuela and England (some in the third edition). Around 1976, he participated together with Elvira Boni, in Cláudio Khans's documentary O Sonho Não Acabou, shown a few times on television and at libertarian events. He collaborated with the anarchist newspaper O Enemigo do Rei for as long as it existed (1977-1988) and also wrote more than 1760 articles in the press in 15 countries, including: Voluntad (Uruguay), Solidaridad Obrera (France), A Batalha (Portugal), El Libertario (Cuba), Tierra y Libertad (Mexico/Spain), El Sol (Costa Rica), CNT (France), La Protesta (Argentina) , Solidaridad Gastronómica (Cuba), L'Adunata Dei Refrattari (United States), Ruta (Venezuela), Rebuild (Argentina), Voice Anarchist (Portugal), El Libertario (Venezuela) and many others. Between April and May 1986, he participated in the congress for the reorganization of the Brazilian Workers' Confederation (COB), at the headquarters of the São Paulo Social Culture Center. On August 21, 1986, he was one of the founding partners of the Alpha Circle of Historical Studies (CAEH). In this archive, he left a good part of the study materials (books, newspapers, photos, letters, minutes, handwritten memoirs and other documents, many of them single copies) that he gathered during a lifetime dedicated to the detailing of the trajectory of anarchist activities in Brazil and in the world. In April 2002, Rute Coelho Zendron made Um Estudo Sobre Edgar Rodrigues by PUC, which became a documentary video about his life and work. He died on the night of May 15, 2009 (Thursday), at his home, in Rio de Janeiro, due to a respiratory arrest. He left behind a wife, children, grandchildren and a vast work.[4]
On November 11, 2008, Edgar Rodrigues was honored by the “Associação 25 de Abril”, which awarded him his Medal, which was presented to him at the Consulate General of Portugal by the Portuguese ambassador in Brazil, Francisco Seixas da Costa.
References[edit]
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- ↑ Jeremias 2009, p. 218-224.
- ↑ Jeremias 2009, p. 218-220.
- ↑ Jeremias 2009, p. 220-222.
- ↑ Jeremias 2009, p. 222-224.
Bibliography[edit]
- Jeremias, Marcolino (2009). "Em forma de despedida: síntese sobre a vida e obra de Edgar Rodrigues". Verve (in português). São Paulo: Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. 16. ISSN 1676-9090. OCLC 838134510.
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