Orestes Barbosa: Repórter Cronista e Poeta (Portuguese Edition)

Through this biography, the reader will get to know the history of Orestes Barbosa, that went from poor boy in the streets of Rio de Janeiro to reporter, chronical writer and poet. Carlos Didier made, at first, the research of the journalistic work of this author who never went to school, learned how to write on the streets and started working as a proof reader, becoming later, one of the most important chronists of Rio de Janeiro, besides the prestige he got in the popular music field with songs such as "Chão de estrelas" (floor of stars) and "Ban-ban-ban."