What is Chico Buarque?
{{Infobox person | name = Chico Buarque | birth_name = Francisco Buarque de Hollanda | image = Chico Buarque in 2023.jpg | caption = Buarque in 2023 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|06|19}} }} '''Francisco Buarque de Hollanda,''' better known as '''Chico Buarque''' (born 19 June 1944 in [[Rio de Janeiro]]), is a [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] [[musician]], [[playwright]], [[writer]] and [[actor]]. He is known for being one of the biggest names in Brazilian populare music (MPB). His discography has eighty albums.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=|title=Discografia de Chico Buarque|url=http://www.chicobuarque.com.br/construcao/menu_discdata.htm|access-date=17 December 2011|publisher=Chico Buarque|archive-date=2021-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027035326/http://www.chicobuarque.com.br/construcao/menu_discdata.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> While being a musician, he developed over the years a literary career, being the author of plays and novels. He won three Jabuti Awards : best novel in 1992 with ''Estorvo'' and ''book of the year'', both for the book Budapest, released in 2004, and for Leite Derramado, in 2010. In 2019, he was distinguished with the Camões Prize, the main literary trophy in the Portuguese language, for his body of work.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lucas|first=Isabel|title=Chico Buarque, um Prémio Camões com mensagem artística e política|url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/05/21/culturaipsilon/noticia/chico-buarque-premio-camoes-2019-1873609|access-date=2022-11-01|website=PÚBLICO|language=pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote|Chico Buarque}} * {{Instagram|chicobuarque}} * {{IMDb name|id=0117770}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buarque, Chico}} [[Category:Brazilian novelists]] [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from São Paulo]] [[Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro]]