1948 in Brazil

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See also:	Other events of 1948 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1948 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Eurico Gaspar Dutra
• Vice President: Nereu Ramos

Events

Monteiro Lobato, died 4 July

• August - Brazil's team at the Summer Olympics in London compete in eleven sports and win a bronze medal in the basketball competition.^[1]
• date unknown
  • The municipality of Paiçandu is founded by the Companhia de Melhoramentos do Norte do Paraná.
  • The Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Art) is founded by Alfredo Mesquita in São Paulo.
  • Opening of the headquarters of the Banco Boavista, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.^[2]

Arts and culture

Books

• Alfonso Arinos - Pelo Sertão, with illustrations by Livio Abramo

Films

• Folias Cariocas, directed by Manoel Jorge and Hélio Thys, starring Dercy Gonçalves.^[3]
• Poeira de Estrelas, directed by Moacyr Fenelon and starring Lourdinha Bittencourt and Emilinha Borba.^[4]

Births

• January 11 - José Scheinkman, economist
• February 16 - Ellen Gracie, judge
• March 7 - Danilo Caymmi, musician, singer, composer and arranger, son of Dorival Caymmi
• March 15 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN diplomat (died 2003)
• June 27 - Zezé Motta, actress and singer^[5]
• August 12 - Ana de Hollanda, politician
• September 12 - Caio Fernando Abreu, writer (died 1998)^[6]

Deaths

• July 4 - Monteiro Lobato, writer (born 1882)
• August 27 - Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer (born 1897)^[7]
• date unknown - Humberto Rosa, painter (born 1908)

See also

1948 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Brazil at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
2. INEPAC. Guia de Bens Tombados
3. "Folias Cariocas" (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
4. "Poeira de Estrelas" (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
5. Lopes, Nei (2004). Enciclopedia Brasileira Da Diaspora Africana. Selo Negro. p. 454. ISBN 978-85-87478-21-4. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
6. Abreu, Caio Fernando. 2005. Caio 3D. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Agir
7. Béhague, Gerard. 2001. "Fernândez, Oscar Lorenzo". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove’s Dictionaries.