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Brazil honors 'Girl from Ipanema' writer

Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:40 AM EDT
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Georgiana, right, and Mariana de Moraes, left, daughter and granddaughterof poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes hold hands with singer Miucha during a homage ceremony to honor the late Moraes at the Itamaraty palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Moraes, born in Rio in 1913, was thrown out of Brazil’s diplomatic corps in 1969 by the military junta then ruling the country, posthumously reinstated and then promoted Monday to ambassador by President Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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— Brazil has posthumously given the rank of ambassador to a poet and songwriter who penned the famous Bossa Nova anthem, "Girl from Ipanema."

The Foreign Ministry bestowed the honor on Vinicius de Moraes, a one-time diplomat who was the poetic force behind Bossa Nova in the 1960s.

Moraes was first posted to Los Angeles in 1946 as a vice consul. His other postings took him to Paris and Rome.

A gregarious character — he was married nine times — Moraes embodied the free-spirit of his native Rio de Janeiro.

It was that lifestyle that led Brazil's military dictatorship to expel him from the diplomatic corps in 1969.

On Monday, he was permanently reinstated.

Moraes died at age 66 in 1980.

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Matti Viikate

Brazil has posthumously given the rank of ambassador to a poet and songwriter who penned the famous Bossa Nova anthem, "Girl from Ipanema."

That is nice thing for him.

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Reply#1 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:44 PM EDT
Tanja-S

Vinicius de Moraes was very special poet, made many poems to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. His themes were so nice and sensual in his poems. Perhaps Antonio Carlos Jobim would have not become so great man artist if Vinicius would not have been so close to him during his career.

    Reply#2 - Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:23 PM EDT
    Matti Viikate

    Perhaps Antonio Carlos Jobim would have not become so great man artist if Vinicius would not have been so close to him during his career.

    Situation like that, is true in so many cases.

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    #2.1 - Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:59 AM EDT
    Tanja-S

    Yes, that always repeat itself, one gifted person needs kind of his missing "shoulder".

    I once saw a long interview of hockey-player Wayne Gretzsky, and I felt very emotional, when he told about his hockey-relation with Kurri, in the ice. He told that the relationship was something magic; outside the ice they even didnt speak so much to each other, but when on the ice, they knew without words, each others movements, where to skate, in which corner to wait, like they would have been raising together. Between the two also technically, and also psychologically was that thing, that one enchanses others talent. So they achieved together so many NHL championships, but without each other, both became weaker technically. That is unexplainable and such a beautiful thing in life, best things that one can meet in life and human psychology. The same thing, as you say has happened also in so many other fields, especially in arts etc. It is like one is would be without his "right shoulder" etc., when the other is absent. That is beautiful thing. Also quite rare.

      #2.2 - Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:22 AM EDT
      Matti Viikate

      Yes, that always repeat itself, one gifted person needs kind of his missing "shoulder".

      That is quite common in life in certain cases, and it really is good thing when it works well.

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      #2.3 - Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:09 PM EDT
      Tanja-S

      Yes it is good.

        #2.4 - Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:20 PM EDT
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