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WORK TITLE: Sao Paulo Noir
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PSEUDONYM(S): Bellotto, Antonio Carlos Liberalli
BIRTHDATE: 6/30/1960
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CITY: Rio de Janeiro
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COUNTRY: Brazil
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
http://www.titas.net/
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LC control no.: n 95922623
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LC classification: PQ9698.12.E416
Personal name heading:
Bellotto, Tony, 1960-
Variant(s): Beloto, Toni, 1960-
Birth date: 1960-06-30
Place of birth: São Paulo (Brazil)
Field of activity: Guitar music (Rock) Authorship Television
Affiliation: Titãs (Musical group)
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Composers Novelists Television writers Television producers
and directors
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PERSONAL
Born June 30, 1960, in Sao Paulo, Brazil; married Malu Mader (an actor), 1990; children: João and Antônio.
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CAREER
Writer, novelist, musician, composer and television producer and director. Composer and guitar player in the rock band Titãs. Associate producer of the documentary Titas – A Vida At Parece uma Festa; and producer of and composer for the film Bellini and the Sphynx.
WRITINGS
Also author of BR 163 – Duas História na Estrada (“BR 163 – Two Stories on The Road”), 2001; and O Livro do Guitarrista (The Book of The Guitarist), 2001. Author of the column “Cenas Urbanas” (“Urban Scenes”) at Brazilian magazine Veja, until 2012; writes for the newspaper O Globo, 2013–. Writer for television series, including Mandrake, 2007. “Bellini” mystery novels have been published in various languages.
Bellini and the Sphinx, 2002, and Bellini and the Devil, 2008, were adapted for film. Composer of soundtracks for television series.
SIDELIGHTS
Tony Bellotto is a guitarist and songwriter for the famed Brazilian rock band Titãs (The Titans), which has released twenty albums and sold more than six million copies. Bellotto was inspired to be a rock guitarist after hearing Jimi Hendrix albums. Bellotto was also an avid reader, reading works by a variety of novelists from Rubem Fonseca to Ernest Hemingway. During a a downtime with his band, he began writing detective novels and is the author of the best-selling “Bellini” mystery novels. He is considered one of the preeminent writers of Brazilian detective fiction. In addition to writing novels, Bellotto has also served as editor or coeditor of several detective anthologies featuring South American writers.
Rio Noir
As editor of and contributor to Rio Noir, Bellotto presents stories based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally published in Portuguese, the book is translated by Clifford Landers. Writing in the book’s introduction, Bellotto notes that the city of Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for its white sandy beaches, numerous high rises, carnivals, and the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer that sits on a mountain top overlooking the city. Bellotto goes on to write: “This is not a tourist guide. The city revealed in this book is a different Rio. Even though famous landscapes are present in the pages of Rio Noir, what is exposed here is a world of shadows, blood, intrigue, violence, hideouts, and mystery (and also of humor, of course, as is necessary with any undertaking involving Cariocas).”
Bellotto’s contribution to the anthology is titled “Toned Cougars” and is a story of how a 70-something woman named Veroniqu Delamare matches wits with a man who preys on women. In addition to Bellotto, contributors include Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, MV Bill, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Guilherme Fiuza, Arthur Dapieve, Victoria Saramago, Arnaldo Bloch, Adriana Lisboa, Alexandre Fraga dos Santos, Marcelo Ferroni, Flávio Carneiro, Raphael Montes, and Luis Fernando Verissimo. “This volume is a solid addition to Akashic’s acclaimed noir series,” wrote a Publishers Weekly contributor. David Pitt, writing in Booklist, called Rio Noir “a good introduction to writers of the region and to the dark side of a very sunny place.”
São Paulo Noir
In São Paulo Noir the stories take place in the city of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city. Writing in the book’s introduction, Bellotto notes: “Scholars will inform us that São Paulo is the most multicultural city in Brazil, having received, since 1870, millions of immigrants from every part of the planet, and that it is the city with the largest populations of people of Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, and Arab origin outside their respective countries.” Bellotto goes on to note that the city has a high crime rate, especially in such sections known as Cracolândia (“Crackland”) Paraisópolis (Paradise City). Bellotto then points out: “More than historians and sociologists, writers have always been able to transform cities into great characters. This is the way we decipher devouring sphinxes.”
Overall, São Paulo Noir contains thirteen stories. In “24-Hour-Service,” Fernando Bonassi features a tale about a Senator’s son who gets into trouble, resulting in a minor government official being called upon to clean things up. Vanessa Barbara features a hotel maid who is also a brilliant detective in the story “Cross Contamination.” In another tale by Jo Soares titled “My Name Is Nicky Nicola,” a bumbling detective is investigating the death of an elderly woman who had come to São Paulo to visit a niece. Bellotto’s contribution is titled “Useless Diary,” about a young woman searching for her missing brother. “São Paulo’s size and diversity give this volume’s fourteen storytellers room to roam,” wrote a Kirkus Reviews contributor, who went on to note in the same review: “Bellotto’s Akashic entry has a timely feel, giving noir a host of feminine faces.”
BIOCRIT
BOOKS
Bellotto, Tony, Rio Noir, Akashic Books (Brooklyn, NY), 2016.
Bellotto, Tony, Sao Paulo Noir, Akashic Books (Brooklyn, NY), 2017.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, May 1, 2016, David Pitt, review of Rio Noir, p. 40.
Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2018, review of Sao Paulo Noir.
Publishers Weekly, April 18, 2016, review of Rio Noir, p. 99; April 30, 2018, review of Sao Paulo Noir, p. 40.
ONLINE
Actes Sud, https://www.actes-sud.fr/ (July 27, 2018), author profile.
Agenci Riff, http://www.agenciariff.com.br/ (July 27, 2018), author profile.
Blog da Companhia das Tetras (August 29, 2014), Tony Bellotto, “Rotas do Labyrinth.”
Internet Movie Database, https://www.imdb.com/ (July 27, 2018), author filmography.
TONY BELLOTTO is the author of the best-selling Bellini mystery novels, which have been released as major feature films and translated widely, establishing him as the preeminent writer of Brazilian detective fiction. He is also a guitarist and songwriter for the famed Brazilian rock band Titãs (The Titans), which has released twenty albums and sold over six million copies. Bellotto writes for the newspaper O Globo and hosts a television show. He is the editor of Rio Noir and São Paulo Noir, both published by Akashic Books. Bellini and the Sphinx is his latest release with Akashic.
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Tony Bellotto
Writer | Soundtrack | Producer
Tony Bellotto was born on June 30, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil as Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto. He is a writer, known for Elite Squad (2007), Bellini and the Sphynx (2002) and Bellini and the Devil (2008). He has been married to Malu Mader since 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to Ana Paula Silveira. See full bio »
Born: June 30, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil
Spouse (2)
Malu Mader (1989 - present) ( 2 children)
Ana Paula Silveira (? - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Composer/guitar player of the rock band Titãs and novelist.
He is also a writer
Childrens: Nina Bellotto [b. 31 January 1982] with his first wife, João [b. 14 May 1995] and Antônio [b. 1 September 1997] with Malu Mader.
Son of Heloísa Liberalli and Manoel Lelo Bellotto.
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Born June 30, 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil
Birth Name Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto
Nickname Tony
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2013 Mandrake: The Movie (TV Movie)
Mandrake (TV Series) (14 episodes, 2005 - 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2007)
- A Investigação (2012)
- Robin Hood de Copacabana (2012)
- Alma (2007)
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2008 Três Irmãs (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1 (2008) ... (writer: "Sonífera Ilha")
2008 Por Toda Minha Vida (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Chacrinha (2008) ... (writer: "Lugar Nenhum")
- Mamonas Assassinas (2008) ... (writer: "Sonífera Ilha")
2007 Elite Squad (writer: "Polícia")
2002 O Beijo do Vampiro (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- O Beijo do Vampiro (2002) ... (writer: "Isso")
1997 Acústico MTV: Titãs (TV Movie) (writer: "Pra Dizer Adeus", "Família", "O Pulso", "Flores", "Polícia", "Televisão")
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- Episode dated 17 May 2017 (2017) ... Himself
2017 Rock Story (TV Series)
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- Episode #1.145 (2017) ... Himself
2017 On Air: TV on TV (TV Series)
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- Episode #4.6 (2017) ... Himself
2013 Altas Horas (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 30 March 2013 (2013) ... Himself
2011 Rock in Rio (TV Series)
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- Episode #4.7 (2011) ... Himself (uncredited)
- Episode #4.4 (2011) ... Himself
2011 Que Marravilha! (TV Series)
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- Especial Verão - Tony Bellotto (2011) ... Himself
2008 Paralamas e Titãs: Juntos e ao Vivo (Video)
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2008 Titãs - A Vida Até Parece uma Festa (Documentary)
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2004 Celebrity (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 1 April 2004 (2004) ... Himself (uncredited)
2002 Roberto Carlos: Acústico MTV (Video)
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2001 Roberto Carlos Especial (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 22 December 2001 (2001) ... Himself
1998 Rita Lee: MTV Unplugged (Video)
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1997 Acústico MTV: Titãs (TV Movie)
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1991 Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora (Video documentary short)
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Tony Bellotto
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Tony Bellotto in 2009 during a Titãs & Os Paralamas do Sucesso show in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Background information
Birth name Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto
Born June 30, 1960 (age 58)
Genres Rock
Punk rock
Post-punk
Alternative rock
Occupation(s) Composer, songwriter, writer
Instruments Guitar, acoustic guitar
Years active 1975–present
Associated acts Trio Mamão
Titãs
Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtonɪ beˈlotʊ]; born June 30, 1960) is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the lead guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books.
Contents
1 Childhood
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Discography
4.1 With Titãs
4.2 Guest appearances
5 Bibliography as a writer
6 References
7 External links
Childhood
Bellotto spent his childhood in the city of Assis, São Paulo.[1] He decided to be a rock guitarist when he was a child. After hearing Jimi Hendrix albums, he composed his first songs on the guitar, while he explored other notable guitarists, like Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton.
He also had a passion for books. He explored writers like Rubem Fonseca, Jorge Amado, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville and his famous Moby-Dick.
When he was 14 years old, he was given his first guitar. Although very interested in Jovem Guarda and Yellow Submarine from The Beatles, Bellotto only entered deeply in the rock music one year later, on a trip to the United States. When he returned to Brazil, he started living in the city of Assis, São Paulo. In his baggage, he brought albums from Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. These influences, together with Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto and Luiz Melodia, some of his idols, contributed for his wide knowledge of music.
Career
Tony Bellotto is also known for the books he has released. Here, he is seen at the 2013 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro. (Fernando Frazão/ABr)
With his guitar, he toured colleges and bars singing and playing, with his own compositions, and opening shows of well known MPB names, like Jorge Mautner. With the help of Carlos Barmack, he got to know Branco Mello and Marcelo Fromer. The three formed the group Trio Mamão. At that time, Bellotto attempted to enter an architecture course at a college in Santos, but he quit it to dedicate his life only to music and writing. In 1982, little before the first performances with Titãs do Iê-Iê, his first daughter, Nina, was born to him and his wife Ana Paula Silveira.[citation needed]
And as for the books, in 1994, during one of the breaks of the band, Bellotto wrote and released for the publishing company Cia. Das Letras his book Bellini e a Esfinge (Bellini and the Sphinx), the story of a detective who lives in the suburbs of São Paulo. Two years later, Bellini reappeared in the second book, Bellini e o Demônio (Bellini and the Devil). In 2001, he released two more books: "BR 163 – Duas História na Estrada" (BR 163 – Two Stories on The Road) and "O Livro do Guitarrista" (The Book of The Guitarist), with clues, discographies and curiosities of the history of the rock. In 2002, the first adventure of Bellini was adapted for the movies, starring Fábio Assunção as the main character. In 2008, the second book was also adapted with Assunção reprising his role. On the television, he began to appear in 1999, on the TV Futura, on the program Afinando a Língua (Tuning the language), an informal electronic class of Portuguese language. In August 2014, he released the fourth book of his Bellini series: Bellini e o Labirinto (Bellini and the labyrinth).[1]
Until 2012, Tony Bellotto kept a column called "Cenas Urbanas" ("Urban Scenes") at Brazilian magazine Veja.[2] Since June 2013, he has been writing for the newspaper O Globo every Sunday.[3]
Personal life
In 1985, Tony and his then bandmate Arnaldo Antunes were arrested for possession of heroin.[4] Tony is now a supporter of drug liberalization.[5] He is an atheist.[6]
In September 2011 he lost his father, one day prior to the opening of Rock in Rio 2011, in which he performed with Titãs.[7]
Married since 1990 to the actress Malu Mader, Bellotto had with her two more sons, João (born in 1995) and Antônio (born in 1997). All of them live in Rio de Janeiro.
Discography
With Titãs
Main article: Titãs discography
Guest appearances
Artist Album Song(s) Instrument(s)
Dulce Quental Délica (1986) "Diferentes" Guitar
Theo Werneck Leite Materno (1990) "Todos" Rhythm Guitar
Roberto Carlos Acústico (2001) "É Preciso Saber Viver" Acoustic guitar
Bibliography as a writer
Bellini e a Esfinge (1995), Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o Demônio (1997), Companhia das Letras
BR 163 - Duas Histórias na Estrada (2001), Companhia das Letras
O Livro do Guitarrista (2001), Companhia das Letras
Bellini e os Espíritos (2005), Companhia das Letras
Os Insones (2007), Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o Labirinto (2014), Companhia das Letras
Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto em 2009 em um show dos Titãs com Os Paralamas do Sucesso em Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.
Informação geral
Nome completo Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto
Também conhecido(a) como Tony Bellotto
Nascimento 30 de junho de 1960 (58 anos)
Local de nascimento São Paulo, SP
Brasil
Gênero(s) Pop rock
Punk rock
Post-punk
Rock alternativo
Instrumento(s) guitarra
Outras ocupações Escritor
Afiliação(ões) Titãs
Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto, mais conhecido como Tony Bellotto, (São Paulo, 30 de junho de 1960) é um músico e escritor brasileiro.[1] É guitarrista e compositor da banda de rock Titãs desde a sua criação, nos anos 1980, sendo um dos três membros remanescentes da banda que já foi um noneto. Desde 1989 Tony é casado com a atriz Malu Mader, com quem tem dois filhos, João Mäder Bellotto, nascido em 1995, e Antônio Mäder Bellotto, nascido em 1997. O músico também é pai de Nina, fruto de uma relação anterior. Começou sua carreira tocando na cidade de Assis, onde morava com a família e passou sua infância.[2]
Filho de Heloísa Liberalli Bellotto, conhecida doutora em arquivística[1] e do historiador Manuel Bellotto. Tony também é apresentador do: "Afinando a Lingua" no canal Futura e escritor especializado no gênero policial. Já lançou quatro romances com o investigador Bellini: Bellini e a Esfinge (1995), Bellini e o Demônio (1997), Bellini e os Espíritos (2005) e Bellini e o Labirinto' (2014). Também escreveu BR163: Duas Histórias na Estrada (2001), O Livro do Guitarrista (2001) , Os Insones (2007) e No Buraco (2010). Em 2001, o diretor Roberto Santucci Filho adaptou e filmou o livro de romance policial da autoria de Tony, Bellini e a Esfinge. O longa contou com a participação de Fábio Assunção como o detetive e Malu Mader, interpretando uma prostituta. Ganhou o prêmio do público de melhor filme de longa-metragem de ficção no Festival do Rio BR 2001.[3] Em 2006, o diretor Marcelo Galvão adaptou o segundo livro, Bellini e o Demônio, novamente com a participação de Fábio Assunção. No entanto, o filme só foi exibido em 2009 no Festival do Rio e estreou no circuito brasileiro de cinema em 2011.[4][5] Em agosto de 2014, lançou o quarto livro de sua série Bellini, Bellini e o Labirinto.[2] Em 2015 lançou o livro infantil Família[6], em parceria com Arnaldo Antunes e ilustrações de Loro Verz. A obra, que reproduz a letra musical, faz parte da coleção Músicas para Ler, da Editora Salamandra.
Tony Belloto manteve até 2012 uma coluna na revista Veja. A partir de junho de 2013, ele começou a escrever no jornal O Globo.[7]
Tony é torcedor do Santos.[8] Tony é um apoiador da legalização de drogas.[9] Foi preso por porte de heroína em 1985 com o então colega de banda Arnaldo Antunes.[10]
Índice
1 Cinema
2 Literatura
3 Referências
4 Ligações externas
Cinema
Tony também é conhecido pelos livros que lançou; aqui, ele é visto na Bienal do Livro do Rio de Janeiro em 2013.
Em 1985, atuou no filme Areias Escaldantes, um musical brasileiro.[11]
Literatura
Bellini e a Esfinge (1995)[12]
Bellini e o Demônio (1997)
BR163: Duas Histórias na Estrada (2001)
O Livro do Guitarrista (2001)
Bellini e os Espíritos (2005)
Os Insones (2007)
No Buraco (2010)
Bellini e o Labirinto (2014)
Família (2015)
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Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto in 2009 at a Titans show with The Paralamas do Sucesso in Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil .
General information
Full name Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto
Also known as Tony Bellotto
Birth June 30, 1960 (58 years)
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Brazil
Genre (s) Pop rock
Punk rock
Post-punk
Alternative rock
Instruments) guitar
Other occupations Writer
Affiliation (s) Titans
Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto , better known as Tony Bellotto , ( São Paulo , June 30 , 1960 ) is a Brazilian musician and writer . [ 1 ] He has been a guitarist and songwriter for the Titans rock band since its inception in the 1980s , being one of three remaining members of the band that was once a nonto. Since 1989 Tony has been married to actress Malu Mader , with whom he has two children, João Mäder Bellotto, born in 1995 , and Antônio Mäder Bellotto, born in 1997 . The musician is also the father of Nina, the fruit of an earlier relationship. He began his career playing in the city of Assisi , where he lived with his family and spent his childhood. [ 2 ]
Son of Heloísa Liberalli Bellotto , well-known doctor in archivists and the historian Manuel Bellotto. Tony is also presenter of: "Fine tuning the Lingua" in the channel Futura and writer specialized in the police genre . Bellini and the Sphinx (1995), Bellini and the Demon (1997), Bellini and the Spirits (2005) and Bellini and the Labyrinth (2014). He also wrote BR163: Two Stories on the Road (2001), The Book of Guitarist (2001), The Insones (2007) and No Buraco (2010). In 2001, the director Roberto Santucci Filho adapted and filmed the book of police romance by Tony, Bellini and the Sphinx . The film featured the participation of Fábio Asunción as the detective and Malu Mader, playing a prostitute. He won the audience's award for best feature film at the 2001 BR Rio Festival. [ 3 ] In 2006, director Marcelo Galvão adapted the second book, Bellini and the Demon , again with the participation of Fábio Assunção. However, the film was only screened in 2009 at the Rio Festival and debuted at the Brazilian film circuit in 2011. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In August 2014, he released the fourth book of his Bellini series, Bellini and the Labyrinth . [ 2 ] In 2015 he launched the children's book Family [ 6 ] , in partnership with Arnaldo Antunes and illustrations by Loro Verz. The work, which reproduces the lyrics, is part of the collection Músicas para Ler, by Editora Salamandra.
Tony Belloto maintained until 2012 a column in the magazine Veja . Beginning in June 2013, he began writing for the newspaper O Globo . [ 7 ]
Tony is a Santos fan . [ 8 ] Tony is a supporter of drug legalization . [ 9 ] He was arrested for possession of heroin in 1985 with then-bandmate Arnaldo Antunes . [ 10 ]
Index
1 Cinema
2 Literature
3 External links
4 External links
Cinema
Tony is also known for his books; here, it is seen at the Rio de Janeiro Book Biennial in 2013.
In 1985, he appeared in the film Areias Escaldantes , a Brazilian musical. [ 11 ]
Literature
Bellini and the Sphinx (1995) [ 12 ]
Bellini and the Demon (1997)
BR163: Two Stories on the Road (2001)
The Book of the Guitarist (2001)
Bellini and the Spirits (2005)
The Insones (2007)
In the Buraco (2010)
Bellini and the Labyrinth (2014)
Family (2015)
Rotas do Labirinto
29 agosto 2014, 3:26 pm
Por Tony Bellotto
O personagem Remo Bellini nasceu no dia em que uma correspondência — uma conta de luz — foi colocada por engano sob minha porta. A conta era endereçada a um certo Bellini (não me lembro do primeiro nome) que supostamente morava no apartamento 91. Eu morava no 92. Munido da conta, fui até o apartamento ao lado e conheci Bellini, meu jovem vizinho, que, fiquei sabendo naquele momento, era também o síndico do prédio.
Estávamos em 1989 e fazia algum tempo eu buscava um nome para um personagem que estava criando, um alter ego juvenil. Naquela época eu tentava escrever histórias sobre minha adolescência no interior de São Paulo nos moldes das histórias de Nick Adams, de Ernest Hemingway, que retratam as aventuras à la Huckleberry Finn do jovem Nick — caçadas, pescarias — pelos bosques de Illinois. Outro personagem que muito me fascinava naqueles dias era o adolescente megalômano Arturo Bandini, o alter ego de John Fante. Portanto, quando a correspondência chegou ao meu apartamento — e antes que eu a entregasse ao seu verdadeiro destinatário — meu alter ego já tinha um nome: Bellini, a improvável mistura de Bellotto e Bandini que eu há tanto perseguia.
As histórias do adolescente Bellini em aventuras pelas linhas de ferro da Sorocabana nunca foram escritas. Mas em 1993, quando completei 33 anos — a enigmática “idade de Cristo” — decidi escrever um romance policial, pois me pareceu a forma mais fácil de resolver o enigma do romance de estreia — bastavam-me apenas um crime e um detetive para decifrá-lo. O crime foi fácil: um parricídio, o crime fundamental, o crime de Édipo. O detetive já estava escolhido, ou pelo menos o seu nome: Remo Bellini. Para “rechear” o nome, juntei algumas características de três de meus detetives prediletos: Philip Marlowe, Mandrake e Archie Goodwin — o fiel escudeiro de Nero Wolfe — que, junto com Bandini e Nick Adams, formam o código genético literário do Bellini.
Em 1995 publiquei Bellini e a Esfinge. O romance já tinha sido aprovado pela editora Brasiliense quando uma amiga, a escritora Patrícia Melo, encaminhou-o à Companhia das Letras, que decidiu publicá-lo, para minha imensa satisfação. Eu era fã, e sou até hoje, da coleção de policiais da Companhia. Em 1997, lancei Bellini e o Demônio, e a partir daí, inspirado por Georges Simenon, decidi que alternaria sempre os Bellinis com outros livros, para não ficar refém de um personagem só.
A coisa funcionou até o ano de 2007, quando lancei Os Insones. Pela lógica simenoniana, eu deveria ter lançado um outro Bellini em seguida (já publicara Bellini e os Espíritos em 2005). Mas algo aconteceu nesse período, e talvez tenha a ver com a proximidade da crise dos 50 anos — estava com 47 —, quando vislumbramos pela primeira vez com alguma clareza aquele muro sombrio a que chamam “finitude da vida”. Essa mirada costuma se seguir de uma guinada do pescoço, em que olhamos em retrocesso o que fizemos de nossas vidas até ali.
Lembro exatamente onde se deu esse insight: eu estava numa mesa em que se discutia literatura policial numa Bienal do Livro no Rio de Janeiro. Ao perceber que os colegas escritores policiais em torno discutiam tipos de veneno e formas criativas de assassinatos que não deixam pistas, entendi que não era àquela mesa que eu pertencia. Eu não queria ser percebido como um escritor policial, mas como um escritor simplesmente.
Sei que soa meio bobo, mas crises existenciais costumam ser assim, previsíveis e desprovidas de encanto. Seguiram-se No Buraco e Machu Picchu, romances em que tentei — e consegui — deixar a literatura policial de lado. Foi justamente no processo de acabamento de Machu Picchu que o André Conti, brilhante editor da casa, me sugeriu escrever uma HQ com o Bellini como personagem. O quadrinista Pedro Franz seria meu parceiro na empreitada. Melhor de tudo, o André tinha uma ideia para a história, um caso do Bellini em algum momento do futuro, já velho e um tanto acabado. Achei a ideia boa, e assim nasceu Bellini e o Corvo, a HQ que sai no próximo ano, comemorando os vinte anos de existência pública do detetive. Logo que finalizei o argumento de Bellini e o Corvo e o enviei ao Pedro Franz, comecei a escrever Bellini e o Labirinto e só parei seis meses depois. Quando teclei o ponto final, tive certeza de reencontrara meu personagem.
Sobre o estado atual do Bellini, deixo que ele o defina em suas próprias palavras: “Privado da visão, tive a impressão de que meus outros sentidos estavam mais aguçados e uma dor difusa se espalhava pelo meu corpo como corrente elétrica. Winston Churchill, no mais famoso de seus discursos, prometera sangue, suor e lágrimas para tentar conduzir a participação inglesa na guerra a um final vitorioso. Sangue e suor já me escorriam pelo rosto. As lágrimas ainda não”.
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BELLINI E O LABIRINTO
Sinopse: Depois de quase dez anos da publicação de Bellini e os espíritos, Tony Bellotto volta à sua criação máxima, o áspero (e ocasionalmente sensível) investigador que é fã de blues, de mulheres e de uma boa dose de ação. O tempo passou, mas Bellini ainda mora sozinho num apartamento na região da avenida Paulista, coração de São Paulo. O crime para o qual será atraído, no entanto, não tem nada de comum. Depois de receber um telefonema de Marlon, parte da famosíssima dupla sertaneja Marlon & Brandão, Bellini terá de sair da sua conhecida São Paulo e viajar ao coração de Goiânia, onde se verá embrenhado num universo de música sertaneja, césio-137, intriga e pelo menos uma dama fatal.
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Tony Bellotto, além de escritor, é compositor e guitarrista da banda de rock Titãs. Criador do detetive Remo Bellini, seu novo livro, Bellini e o Labirinto, já está nas livrarias.
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O aprendizado
13 dezembro 2013, 3:01 pm
Por Tony Bellotto
Quando comecei a escrever profissionalmente, no início dos anos 1990, Rubem Fonseca era uma unanimidade. Reconhecido como um escritor de voz originalíssima — daquelas que começam mais ou menos atrás dos joelhos e vão subindo até chegar bem acima da cabeça, segundo a definição de E.I. Lonoff sobre a voz literária do jovem Nathan Zuckerman –, ele era considerado por todos o mestre da literatura urbana brasileira. Seu estilo enxuto devia bastante à literatura americana, notadamente a de prosa seca de Hemingway e Hammett, e seus temas chocavam e surpreendiam pela brutalidade, violência e falta de vínculo com as tradições literárias brasileiras (vertentes regionalistas e o onipresente realismo mágico que deslumbrou tantos escritores latino-americanos na virada dos 1960 para os 1970).
Desde a publicação de seu primeiro livro de contos, Os prisioneiros, em 1963, sua reputação só fez crescer, e em 1973, quando publicou seu primeiro romance, O caso Morel, Rubem Fonseca já era considerado o maior contista brasileiro. Seguiram-se livros de enorme sucesso, como os romances A grande arte, de 1983, e Agosto, de 1990, que lhe valeram o título de maior escritor brasileiro contemporâneo.
A partir de meados dos anos 1980, e por mais ou menos uma década, Rubem Fonseca foi uma referência absoluta para todos que começaram a publicar no período. Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Patrícia Melo, Marçal Aquino e humildemente eu, entre muitos outros, todos tínhamos uma dívida orgulhosa e admirada com Rubem Fonseca. Dizia-se na época que ninguém escapava dele. Nem Chico Buarque, que estreou na arte romanesca em 1991 com Estorvo, escapou. Bruna Lombardi, Jô Soares e Caetano Veloso não publicaram seus livros de estreia sem o beneplácito do Mestre.
Na virada do século alguma coisa aconteceu, e o prestígio de Rubem Fonseca começou a se esvair. Ainda que tenha recebido em 2003 prêmios relevantes como o Juan Rulfo e o Camões, suas obras começaram a ser criticadas primeiro com desdém, depois com ressentimento e escárnio. Começaram a acusá-lo de enfraquecimento literário e de se repetir. Disseram que perdeu a mão. Escritores estreantes deixaram de citá-lo como referência. Jornalistas recalcados deitaram e rolaram. Os ratos invadiram o navio. Hoje em dia qualquer Zé Mané da geração Facebook dá-se ao direito de criticá-lo com o peito imberbe estufado, quando não de ignorá-lo por completo.
Nunca deixei de ter Rubem Fonseca como referência, ou de ler e reler seus livros como inspiração e aprendizado. Discordo de quem o acusa de ter perdido as graças do mar. Basta ler o seu mais recente livro, Amálgama, para entender por quê. Como diz o Mestre no parágrafo final da coletânea de contos, mais agudo que nunca aos 88: “Sei que tem gente que não vai acreditar nesta história que estou contando. Foda-se.”
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Tony Bellotto, além de escritor, é compositor e guitarrista da banda de rock Titãs. Seu livro mais recente, Machu Picchu, foi lançado em março de 2013.
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Notas para um obituário
4 novembro 2013, 12:50 pm
lou reed
Por Tony Bellotto
Lou Reed
1 – Lou Reed foi o mais literário dos compositores de rock. Não apenas nos aspectos obviamente “literários” das canções – letras, temas – mas na música em si. A maneira como Lou cantava e, principalmente, o jeito com que tocava guitarra, é literatura pura.
2- Para que se cheque a veracidade da afirmação anterior, basta ouvir as guitarras de Lou. Em vários de seus discos ele anota na contracapa, ou no encarte, em que lado do estéreo suas guitarras podem ser ouvidas. Por que faz isso? Para que se tenha certeza sobre para onde pende a literatura.
3- Se ainda restam dúvidas sobre a literariedade da música de Lou Reed, recomenda-se a audição dos discos gravados por Jack Kerouac. O rei do Beat gravou alguns discos entre 1958 e 1959, na esteira do sucesso de seu romance seminal On The Road, publicado em 1957. Esses discos foram gravados pela Verve e reeditados pela Rhino records. Podem ser encontrados até hoje nas boas casas do ramo e em sebos digitais. Nessas gravações, acompanhado por músicos de jazz, Jack declama poemas e improvisa excertos de prosa tóxica ao som da música. O que Kerouac consegue como efeito é apenas o rascunho do que Lou Reed realizou a partir do final da década de 1960, trocando o jazz pelo rock. Pode-se definir Lou Reed como um beat extemporâneo que, de certa forma, conseguiu consumar na música a experiência literária da beat generation.
4- Em seu maior sucesso, Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed enumera personagens do underground Nova Iorquino, gente que frequentava The Factory, o estúdio de Andy Warhol nos anos 1960: Holly Woodlaw, Candy Darling, Little Joe Dallesandro, “Sugar Plum Fairy” e Jackie Curtis. A levada jazzy da canção evoca o universo beat enquanto Lou narra as andanças dos personagens por uma Nova Iorque mítica e sombria. Walk on the Wild Side é fina literatura.
5- Lou Reed foi amigo do poeta Delmore Schwartz, seu professor na Universidade de Syracuse. No disco “The Blue Mask”, lançado em 1982, Lou gravou uma música que homenageia o poeta, morto em 1966. Dizem os versos iniciais de My House:
“A imagem do poeta está na brisa
Gansos canadenses voam sobre as árvores
Uma bruma paira gentilmente sobre o lago
Minha casa é muito bonita à noite
Meu amigo e professor ocupa um quarto vago
Ele está morto – em paz enfim o Judeu Andarilho
Outros amigos colocaram pedras em seu túmulo
Ele foi o primeiro grande homem que conheci
Sylvia e eu pegamos nossa tábua de Ouija
Para discar por um espírito – pelo quarto ele voou
Ficamos felizes e impressionados com o que vimos
Flamejando apareceu o fino e orgulhoso nome Delmore”
6- Lou Reed agora ocupa um quarto vago em minha casa.
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Tony Bellotto, além de escritor, é compositor e guitarrista da banda de rock Titãs. Seu livro mais recente, Machu Picchu, foi lançado em março de 2013.
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O fantasma de Frankfurt
9 outubro 2013, 6:30 pm
Por Tony Bellotto
Frankfurt am Main sunset skyline
Agora que todos os escritores que eu conheço foram para Frankfurt, aproveito para correr ao computador e tratar de adiantar o trabalho no meu quase finalizado novo Bellini. O tamanho desse “quase” é que são elas. Todo escritor que eu conheço está sempre “quase” terminando ou começando algum livro.
Bem, de volta ao meu computador: aproveito a debandada geral para me adiantar e ganhar alguma vantagem em relação aos colegas. Já que eles foram agraciados com a viagem grátis a Frankfurt, e lá dificilmente encontrarão tempo para escrever, eu honrarei a classe. Alguém tem de trabalhar, afinal de contas. Embora não admita para ninguém, nem para mim mesmo, estou morrendo de inveja deles. Por que não me convidaram para Frankfurt?
Deixa pra lá, vou encarar o Bellini. Tento entrar no clima, releio umas três vezes o último capítulo escrito, troco uma vírgula por um ponto e vírgula, apago um no entanto e substituo por um portanto e… volto a pensar em Frankfurt. Ah, o que estarão fazendo os escritores agora em Frankfurt? Imagino meu amigo Ignacio de Loyola Brandão sorvendo cerveja escura de uma caneca gigante ao lado de outro amigo, o Marçal Aquino. Azar deles. Terminarei meu livro antes deles. Do jeito que esses escritores viajam, quando encontram tempo para escrever?
Sim, o Bellini. Nada. Minha mente não sai de Frankfurt. Imagino Daniel Galera e Michel Laub no vietnamita transado que encontraram perto do hotel. Observarão belas loirinhas sorridentes na mesa ao lado enquanto degustam especiarias de Ho Chi Minh? Ah, a dura vida do escritor… e o Joca? Imagino-o caminhando à beira do Main, quem sabe soltando uma fumacinha de frio pelas narinas, absorto em ideias profundas e insondáveis… Por que não me convidaram para Frankfurt? Meus bons amigos e xarás Paulo Coelho e Paulo Lins me elucidam: porque sou negro e bestseller. Ah, como é dura a vida de um escritor negro e bestseller no Brasil…
Bellini, oi?
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Tony Bellotto, além de escritor, é compositor e guitarrista da banda de rock Titãs. Seu livro mais recente, Machu Picchu, foi lançado em março de 2013.
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Labyrinth Routes
August 29, 2014, 3:26 pm
By Tony Bellotto
The character Remo Remus Bellini was born the day a correspondence - a bead of light - was mistakenly placed under my door. The bill was addressed to a certain Bellini (I can not remember the first name) who was supposedly living in apartment 91. I lived in '92. I settled for the apartment, and I met Bellini, my young neighbor, who, I know at that moment, he was also the trustee of the building.
It was in 1989 and some time ago I was looking for a name for a character I was creating, a youthful alter ego. At that time I was trying to write stories about my adolescence in the interior of São Paulo, following Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, which depict young Nick's Huckleberry Finn's adventures - hunting, fishing - in the woods of Illinois. Another character that fascinated me in those days was megalomaniac adolescent Arturo Bandini, the alter ego of John Fante. So when the mail arrived at my apartment-and before I gave it to its true recipient-my alter ego already had a name: Bellini, the improbable blend of Bellotto and Bandini that I had been after so long.
The stories of the adolescent Bellini in adventures by the iron lines of Sorocabana never were written. But in 1993, when I turned 33 - the enigmatic "Christ Age" - I decided to write a detective novel, as it seemed to me the easiest way to solve the riddle of the debut novel - all I had was a crime and a detective to decipher it. The crime was easy: a parricide, the fundamental crime, the crime of Oedipus. The detective was already chosen, or at least his name: Remo Bellini. In order to "fill in" the name, I added some characteristics of three of my favorite detectives: Philip Marlowe, Mandrake and Archie Goodwin - the faithful squire of Nero Wolfe - who together with Bandini and Nick Adams form the Bellini literary genetic code.
In 1995 I published Bellini and the Sphinx . The novel had already been approved by the Brasiliense publishing house when a friend, the writer Patrícia Melo, sent it to Companhia das Letras, who decided to publish it, to my immense satisfaction. I was a fan, and I am still a member of the Company's police collection. In 1997, I launched Bellini and the Devil , and from there, inspired by Georges Simenon, I decided that I would always switch the Bellinis with other books, so as not to be held hostage by one character.
It worked until 2007, when I launched Os Insones . By Simonian logic, I should have released another Bellini next (already published Bellini and the Spirits in 2005). But something happened in this period, and perhaps it has to do with the approaching crisis of the 50 years - it was 47 - when we first glimpse for a first time that dark wall that they call "finitude of life." This look is usually followed by a twist of the neck, in which we look backwards what we have done of our lives up there.
I remember exactly where this insight occurred: I was at a table discussing police literature at a Book Biennial in Rio de Janeiro. Realizing that fellow police writers were discussing types of poison and creative forms of murder that leave no clues, I understood that it was not at that table that I belonged. I did not want to be perceived as a police writer, but as a writer simply.
I know it sounds kind of silly, but existential crises are usually like this, predictable and devoid of charm. They followed In The Hole and Machu Picchu , novels in which I tried - and I managed - to leave the police literature aside. It was precisely in the finishing process at Machu Picchu that André Conti, the brilliant editor of the house, suggested I write a comic book with Bellini as a character. The comic artist Pedro Franz would be my partner in the project. Best of all, André had an idea for the story, a case of Bellini at some point in the future, already old and somewhat finished. I thought the idea was good, so Bellini and Corvo were born, the comic that comes out next year, commemorating the twenty years of the detective's public existence. As soon as I finished Bellini and Corvo's argument and sent it to Pedro Franz, I began to write Bellini and the Labyrinth and only stopped six months later. When I dialed the endpoint, I was sure to find my character again.
On the current state of Bellini, I let him define it in his own words: "Deprived of sight, I had the impression that my other senses were sharper and a diffuse pain spread through my body like an electric current. Winston Churchill, in the most famous of his speeches, had promised blood, sweat, and tears to try to lead English participation in the war to a victorious end. Blood and sweat were already running down my face. The tears have not yet. "
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BELLINI AND THE LABYRINTH
Synopsis: After nearly ten years of publishing Bellini and the Spirits , Tony Bellotto returns to his ultimate creation, the rugged (and occasionally sensitive) investigator who is a fan of blues, women and a good deal of action. The time has passed, but Bellini still lives alone in an apartment in the region of Paulista Avenue, heart of São Paulo. The crime to which he will be drawn, however, has nothing in common. After receiving a phone call from Marlon, part of the famous sertaneja Marlon & Brandão, Bellini will have to leave his well-known São Paulo and travel to the heart of Goiânia, where he will be entangled in a universe of sertaneja music, césio-137, intrigue and less a fatal lady.
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Tony Bellotto , as well as writer, is a songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Titãs. Creator of Detective Remo Bellini, his new book, Bellini and the Labyrinth , is already in the bookstores.
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The learning
13 December 2013, 3:01 pm
By Tony Bellotto
When I started writing professionally in the early 1990s, Rubem Fonseca was unanimous. Recognized as a very original voice writer - those that start more or less behind the knees and go up to the top of the head, according to EI Lonoff's definition of the young literary voice Nathan Zuckerman - he was considered by all the master of Brazilian urban literature. His lean style owed much to American literature, notably that of Hemingway and Hammett's dry prose, and its themes shocked and surprised by the brutality, violence, and lack of attachment to Brazilian literary traditions (regionalist strands and the ubiquitous magical realism that dazzled so many writers in the 1960s to the 1970s).
Since publishing his first short story, The Prisoners in 1963, his reputation only made him grow, and in 1973, when he published his first novel, The Morel Affair , Rubem Fonseca was already considered the greatest Brazilian storyteller. Books of great success followed, such as the novels A grande arte , from 1983, and August , 1990, which earned him the title of greatest contemporary Brazilian writer.
From the mid-1980s, and for about a decade, Rubem Fonseca was an absolute reference for all who began to publish in the period. Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Patrícia Melo, Marçal Aquino and humbly I, among many others, all had a proud and admired debt to Rubem Fonseca. It was said at the time that no one escaped him. Neither Chico Buarque, who debuted in romanesque art in 1991 with Estorvo , escaped. Bruna Lombardi, Jô Soares and Caetano Veloso did not publish their debut books without the Master's approval.
At the turn of the century something happened, and the prestige of Rubem Fonseca began to fade. Although he received in 2003 important prizes like the Juan Rulfo and the Camões, his works began to be criticized first with disdain, later with resentment and scorn. They began to accuse him of literary weakening and of repeating himself. They said he lost his hand. Newcomer writers failed to quote him as a reference. Repressed journalists lay down and rolled. The mice raided the ship. Nowadays any Zé Mané of the Facebook generation gives himself the right to criticize him with his beardless chest stuffed, if not to ignore him completely.
I never stopped having Rubem Fonseca as a reference, or reading and rereading his books as inspiration and learning. I disagree with anyone who accuses him of having lost the graces of the sea. Just read your latest book, Amalgam , to understand why. As the Master says in the final paragraph of the short story collection, sharper than ever at 88: "I know there are people who will not believe this story I'm telling. Fuck you. "
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Tony Bellotto , as well as writer, is a songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Titãs. His most recent book, Machu Picchu , was released in March 2013.
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Notes for an obituary
November 4, 2013, 12:50 pm
lou reed
By Tony Bellotto
Lou Reed
1 - Lou Reed was the most literary of rock composers. Not only in the obviously "literary" aspects of songs - lyrics, themes - but in music itself. The way Lou sang, and especially the way she played the guitar, is pure literature.
2- To check the truth of the above statement, just listen to Lou's guitars. On several of his records he notes on the back cover, or on the insert, on which side of the stereo his guitars can be heard. Why do you do that? So you can be sure about where literature hangs.
3 - If there are still doubts about the literary nature of Lou Reed's music, it is recommended to listen to the records recorded by Jack Kerouac. The Beat King recorded some records between 1958 and 1959 in the wake of the success of his seminal novel On The Road , published in 1957. These records were recorded by Verve and reissued by Rhino Records. They can be found today in good houses of the branch and in digital tallow. In these recordings, accompanied by jazz musicians, Jack declaims poems and improvises excerpts of toxic prose to the sound of music. What Kerouac achieves as effect is only the draft of what Lou Reed accomplished from the late 1960s, switching from jazz to rock. One can define Lou Reed as an extemporaneous beat that, in a way, was able to consummate in music the literary experience of the beat generation.
Walk on the Wild Side , Lou Reed lists people from the New York underground, people who frequented The Factory, Andy Warhol's studio in the 1960s: Holly Woodlaw, Candy Darling, Little Joe Dallesandro, "Sugar Plum Fairy "and Jackie Curtis. The jazzy levada of the song evokes the beat universe as Lou chronicles the wandering of the characters by a mythical and somber New York. Walk on the Wild Side is fine literature.
Lou Reed was a friend of the poet Delmore Schwartz, his professor at Syracuse University. On the album "The Blue Mask", released in 1982, Lou recorded a song that honors the poet, who died in 1966. The opening verses of My House say :
"The image of the poet is in the breeze
Canadian geese flying over the trees
A mist hangs gently over the lake.
My house is very beautiful at night.
My friend and teacher occupy a vacant room
He is dead - in peace at last the Wanderer Jew
Other friends put stones in his grave.
He was the first great man I met
Sylvia and I took our Ouija board
To dial by a spirit - by the room it flew
We were happy and impressed by what we saw
Flaming appeared the fine and proud name Delmore "
Lou Reed now occupies a vacant room in my house.
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Tony Bellotto , as well as writer, is a songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Titãs. His most recent book, Machu Picchu , was released in March 2013.
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The Phantom of Frankfurt
9 October 2013, 6:30 pm
By Tony Bellotto
Frankfurt am Main sunset skyline
Now that all the writers I know have been to Frankfurt, I take the opportunity to run to the computer and try to advance the work on my almost finished new Bellini. The size of this "almost" is who they are. Every writer I know is always "almost" finishing or beginning some book.
Well, back to my computer: I use the general stampede to get ahead and gain some advantage over my colleagues. Since they have been awarded the free trip to Frankfurt, and there is hardly any time to write, I will honor the class. Someone has to work, after all. Though I admit it to no one, not even to myself, I am dying of envy. Why did not you invite me to Frankfurt?
Never mind, I'm going to face Bellini. I try to get into the climate, I reread the last chapter three times, I change a comma through a semicolon, I delete one, however, and replace it with one so ... and I think back to Frankfurt. Ah, what are the writers doing now in Frankfurt? I imagine my friend Ignacio de Loyola Brandão sipping dark beer from a giant mug next to another friend, Marçal Aquino. Azar of them. I'll finish my book before them. The way these writers travel, when they find time to write?
Yes, Bellini. Anything. My mind does not leave Frankfurt. I imagine Daniel Galera and Michel Laub in the fucking Vietnamese that they found near the hotel. Will you watch beautiful smiling daughters at the next table while sampling Ho Chi Minh spices? Ah, the hard life of the writer ... and Joca? I imagine him walking on the edge of the Main, who knows how to let a little cold smoke through his nostrils, absorbed in profound and unfathomable ideas ... Why did not you invite me to Frankfurt? My good friends and sheriffs Paulo Coelho and Paulo Lins elucidate me: because I am black and bestseller. Ah, how hard is the life of a black writer and bestseller in Brazil ...
Bellini, hi?
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Tony Bellotto , as well as writer, is a songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Titãs. His most recent book, Machu Picchu , was released in March 2013.
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The deep Bellini and the other selves.
August 30, 2013, 12:08 pm
Tony Bellotto
By Tony Bellotto
Photo: Fábio Assunção in scene of the movie "Bellini and the devil".
When I decided to write my first novel, Bellini and the Sphinx , back in 1993, I already had plans to write other stories with the same character, inspired mainly by the novels of Georges Simenon starring Inspector Maigret. I also really enjoyed the books with Rex Stout's detective Nero Wolf. In fact, the duo Nero Wolf and his assistant Archie Goodwin were the models for my duo Dora Lobo (the name is a tribute to Nero Wolf) and his assistant, Remo Bellini. But shortly after Bellini and the Sphinx was published, I decided to write another book, a non-police story, about a Russian exiled in one of the Communist regime's Gulags. I do not know why I wrote this book, which was lousy, and, to my liking, the publisher refused.
For a few days I thought my literary career was over. But I decided to continue, resuming the project of the series with Bellini. It was then that I came across for the first time the difficulty of re-creating an existing character in a new novel. Who said I could? How did Simenon and Rex Stout manage to recreate the same atmosphere and pace of previous stories? And how did they manage to keep the same characteristics of the characters without sounding fake or schematic? That is the question. It was an apprenticeship.
I took a deep breath, reread some passages from Bellini and the Sphinx, and sent a bullet. I had to throw something out and rewrite some excerpts, but I managed to keep the character alive in the second novel of the series, Bellini and the Demon - indeed, the Bellinis bestseller. After his successful release, I gained self-confidence and decided to follow in the footsteps of Simenon, who alternated Inspector Maigret's stories with others outside the character's universe that made him famous. I wrote BR 163 , and this time, Editora did not refuse. It was a personal victory, which I celebrated by writing another Bellini, Bellini and the Spirits . In the first attempts to write the new Bellini, again the anguish fell on me: could I find the character again? Would he come back to me?
Again I re-read excerpts from Bellini and the Sphinx , and now I have also needed re-reading of parts of Bellini and the Devil . It worked again. I planned, then, to continue with my Simenon project, alternating Bellinis and not Bellinis. I wrote The Insones . And then something strange happened, because I lost the will to write Bellinis. Even though I knew that the character would come back some day, I amended two other novels in the wake of Os Insones : No Hole and Macchu Pichu - not by chance my less "police" novels. During this period, André Conti, who was not yet my editor, proposed to create a graphic novel for Bellini, in partnership with Pedro Franz. I wrote a short story entitled Bellini and the Raven , to serve as the basis for Peter's drawings. It was enough for me to rediscover my character. After writing the synopsis of the graphic novel (a great idea by André) - an adventure of Bellini already old, in an indefinite future in Florianópolis - I began to write a new Bellini with the pleasure of meeting an old friend. I found it a little changed, it is true, but after rapid re-reading of excerpts from previous Bellinis, I understood that its transformations were natural, after all nobody remains the same after seven years.
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Tony Bellotto , as well as writer, is a songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Titãs. His most recent book, Machu Picchu , was released in March 2013.
Tony BELLOTTO
Né en 1960 à Sào Paulo, Tony Bellotto, star du rock dans son pays, est compositeur et guitariste du groupe Titâs. Il a cinq ouvrages à son actif - trois enquêtes de l'inspecteur Bellini. BR 163 et un essai sur la guitare.
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Tony BELLOTTO
Born in 1960 in Sao Paulo, Tony Bellotto, rock star in his country, is a composer and guitarist of the band Titas. He has five books to his credit - three investigations by Inspector Bellini. BR 163 and an essay on the guitar.
Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto nasceu em São Paulo, em 1960. Guitarrista e compositor dos Titãs, uma das mais importantes bandas da história do rock brasileiro, Tony estreou na literatura em 1995, com o romance policial Bellini e a esfinge. Desde 1999, Tony apresenta o programa Afinando a língua, no Canal Futura, que parte da literatura e da música para falar sobre a língua portuguesa e as formas de expressão.
Protagonista de alguns livros de Tony Bellotto, Remo Bellini é um detetive cativante e mal-humorado, sempre envolvido em casos instigantes. Não faz o tipo durão, é cético, um pouco depressivo e só ouve blues. Bellini já esteve nas telas de cinema, interpretado por Fábio Assunção e dirigido por Roberto Santucci Filho, no filme Bellini e a esfinge, baseado no primeiro livro do autor.
Tramas policiais estão presentes nos livros de Tony Bellotto, mesmo quando Bellini se ausenta. BR 163, lançado em 2001, é um thriller em que as histórias de duas mulheres se cruzam numa rodovia federal. Em Os insones, de 2007, o autor faz a crônica, ambientada no Rio de Janeiro, de uma sociedade permeada pela violência e pela inquietação. Abaixo, a lista completa de livros de Tony Bellotto.
“Bellotto tem uma escrita elétrica, sem floreios de estilo, de parágrafos ásperos e fôlego de pugilista. Pertence a uma nova geração de ficcionistas preocupada, antes de tudo, com o prazer da leitura”,
José Castello, IstoÉ
“Seus protagonistas convencem também porque são densos, bem elaborados, o que os tornam próximos do público”
Gazeta Mercantil
Obs 1: em blog Cenas Urbanas (1o parágrafo, última linha)
Obs 2: em Titãs (1o parágrafo, linha 2)
Leia entrevista com Tony Bellotto
OBRAS
Romances
Bellini e a esfinge (232 págs.) - 1995, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o demônio (264 págs.) - 1997, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e os espíritos (264 págs.) - 2005, Companhia das Letras
No Buraco (250 págs.) - 2010, Companhia das Letras
Machu Picchu (114 págs.) - 2013, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o labirinto (278 págs.) - 2014, Companhia das Letras
1995 - Bellini e a esfinge1997 - Bellini e o demôminio2005 - Bellini e os espíritos2010 - No buraco2013-Machu-Picchu2014- Bellini e o labirinto
Contos & Crônicas
BR 163 (216 págs.) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
Os insones (240 págs.) - 2007, Companhia das Letras
2001 - BR 1632007 - Os insones
Infanto-Juvenil (não ficção)
O livro do guitarrista (80 págs.) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
2001 - O livro do guitarrista
Edições Estrangeiras
França – Bellini et le Démon - 2007, Acts Sud
Itália – Bellini E Gli Spiriti - 2009, Cavallo di Ferro (direitos revertidos)
Portugal – Um Caso de Espíritos - 2008, Bertrand Editora (direitos revertidos)
Portugal – Um Caso com o Demónio - 2009, Quetzal
Portugal – No Buraco – 2011, Quetzal
Portugal – Machu Picchu - 2014, Individual
USA – Bellini e a Esfinge - (no prelo), Akashic
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Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto nasceu em São Paulo, em 1960. Guitarrista e compositor dos Titãs, uma das mais importantes bandas da história do rock brasileiro, Tony estreou na literatura em 1995, com o romance policial Bellini e a esfinge. Desde 1999, Tony apresenta o programa Afinando a língua, no Canal Futura, que parte da literatura e da música para falar sobre a língua portuguesa e as formas de expressão.
Protagonista de alguns livros de Tony Bellotto, Remo Bellini é um detetive cativante e mal-humorado, sempre envolvido em casos instigantes. Não faz o tipo durão, é cético, um pouco depressivo e só ouve blues. Bellini já esteve nas telas de cinema, interpretado por Fábio Assunção e dirigido por Roberto Santucci Filho, no filme Bellini e a esfinge, baseado no primeiro livro do autor.
Tramas policiais estão presentes nos livros de Tony Bellotto, mesmo quando Bellini se ausenta. BR 163, lançado em 2001, é um thriller em que as histórias de duas mulheres se cruzam numa rodovia federal. Em Os insones, de 2007, o autor faz a crônica, ambientada no Rio de Janeiro, de uma sociedade permeada pela violência e pela inquietação. Abaixo, a lista completa de livros de Tony Bellotto.
“Bellotto tem uma escrita elétrica, sem floreios de estilo, de parágrafos ásperos e fôlego de pugilista. Pertence a uma nova geração de ficcionistas preocupada, antes de tudo, com o prazer da leitura”,
José Castello, IstoÉ
“Seus protagonistas convencem também porque são densos, bem elaborados, o que os tornam próximos do público”
Gazeta Mercantil
Obs 1: em blog Cenas Urbanas (1o parágrafo, última linha)
Obs 2: em Titãs (1o parágrafo, linha 2)
Leia entrevista com Tony Bellotto
OBRAS
Romances
Bellini e a esfinge (232 págs.) - 1995, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o demônio (264 págs.) - 1997, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e os espíritos (264 págs.) - 2005, Companhia das Letras
No Buraco (250 págs.) - 2010, Companhia das Letras
Machu Picchu (114 págs.) - 2013, Companhia das Letras
Bellini e o labirinto (278 págs.) - 2014, Companhia das Letras
1995 - Bellini e a esfinge1997 - Bellini e o demôminio2005 - Bellini e os espíritos2010 - No buraco2013-Machu-Picchu2014- Bellini e o labirinto
Contos & Crônicas
BR 163 (216 págs.) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
Os insones (240 págs.) - 2007, Companhia das Letras
2001 - BR 1632007 - Os insones
Infanto-Juvenil (não ficção)
O livro do guitarrista (80 págs.) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
2001 - O livro do guitarrista
Edições Estrangeiras
França – Bellini et le Démon - 2007, Acts Sud
Itália – Bellini E Gli Spiriti - 2009, Cavallo di Ferro (direitos revertidos)
Portugal – Um Caso de Espíritos - 2008, Bertrand Editora (direitos revertidos)
Portugal – Um Caso com o Demónio - 2009, Quetzal
Portugal – No Buraco – 2011, Quetzal
Portugal – Machu Picchu - 2014, Individual
USA – Bellini e a Esfinge - (no prelo), Akashic
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Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto
Tony Bellotto was born in São Paulo in 1960. Guitarist and composer of the Titans, one of the most important bands in Brazilian rock history, Tony made his debut in literature in 1995 with the detective novel Bellini and the Sphinx. Since 1999, Tony has been presenting the program "Fine-tuning the language" on Canal Futura, which starts with literature and music to speak about the Portuguese language and forms of expression.
Protagonist of some books of Tony Bellotto, Remo Bellini is a captivating and ill-tempered detective, always involved in instigating cases. He's not the tough guy, he's skeptical, he's a bit depressed and he only hears blues. Bellini has been on screen, played by Fábio Assunção and directed by Roberto Santucci Filho, in the film Bellini and the Sphinx, based on the author's first book.
Police plots are present in Tony Bellotto's books, even when Bellini is away. BR 163, released in 2001, is a thriller in which the stories of two women intersect on a federal highway. In 2007's "Insons," the author chronicles a society permeated by violence and unrest. Below is Tony Bellotto's complete list of books.
"Bellotto has an electric writing, no floreos of style, rough paragraphs and boxer's breath. It belongs to a new generation of fictionists concerned, above all, with the pleasure of reading, "
José Castello, IstoÉ
"Its protagonists also convince because they are dense, well elaborated, what makes them close to the public"
Gazeta Mercantil
Obs 1: in blog Urban Scenes (1st paragraph, last line )
Note 2: in Titans (1st paragraph, line 2)
Read interview with Tony Bellotto
CONSTRUCTION
Affairs
Bellini and the Sphinx (232 pp.) - 1995, Companhia das Letras
Bellini and the Devil (264 p.) - 1997, Companhia das Letras
Bellini and the Spirits (264 p.) - 2005, Companhia das Letras
In the Buraco (250 pages) - 2010, Companhia das Letras
Machu Picchu (114 pages) - 2013, Companhia das Letras
Bellini and the labyrinth (278 pp.) - 2014, Companhia das Letras
1995 - Bellini e a esfinge1997 - Bellini e o demôminio2005 - Bellini e os espíritos2010 - No buraco2013-Machu-Picchu2014- Bellini e o labirinto
Tales & Chronicles
BR 163 (216 pp.) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
The insomniacs (240 pages) - 2007, Companhia das Letras
2001 - BR 1632007 - Os insones
Infanto-Juvenil (non fiction)
The book of the guitarist (80 pages) - 2001, Companhia das Letras
2001 - O livro do guitarrista
Foreign Editions
France - Bellini et le Démon - 2007, Acts Sud
Italy - Bellini E Gli Spiriti - 2009, Cavallo di Ferro (rights reverted)
Portugal - A Case of Spirits - 2008, Bertrand Editora (reverted rights)
Portugal - A Case with the Demon - 2009, Quetzal
Portugal - No Buraco - 2011, Quetzal
Portugal - Machu Picchu - 2014, Single
USA - Bellini and the Sphinx - (in press), Akashic
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Bellotto, Tony: SAO PAULO NOIR
Kirkus Reviews. (Apr. 1, 2018):
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Bellotto, Tony SAO PAULO NOIR Akashic (Adult Fiction) $15.95 6, 5 ISBN: 978-1-61775-531-6
Bellotto has no trouble discovering dark doings in what he describes as "the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, the Portuguese-speaking world, and the entire Southern Hemisphere."
Sao Paulo's size and diversity give this volume's 14 storytellers room to roam. There's tony but fading Ciadade Jardim, where Amelinha lives out her declining years with the help of her maid in Ilana Casoy's "Boniclaide and Mrs. Als." And there's modern, fast-paced Mooca, where Jo Soares' detective probes the death of an elderly woman who comes to Sao Paulo to visit her niece in "My Name is Nicky Nicola." But from genteel Panamerica to rough and tumble Baixo Augusta, what stands out in Bellotto's volume is the placement of women at the center of many stories. In addition to Boniclaide, there are three other maids: Cleo and Lena, who clean hotel rooms in Vanessa Barbara's "Cross Contamination," and Dulcinea, who works for the flaky title character in Mario Prata's "Teresao." There are prostitutes, including the crafty Cinthia in Ferrez's "Flow," the gentle but nameless girl from Minas Gerais in Marcelo Rubens Paiva's "The Final Table," and the feisty, unforgettable heroine of Drauzio Varella's "Margot." Women's stories are often family stories. In editor Bellotto's "Useless Diary," a young woman searches for her twin brother, and in "The Force Is With Me," co-written by veteran author Beatriz Bracher and 17-year-old Maria S. Carvalhosa, a teenager from Rio gets to know her maiden aunt. But women on their own can be dangerous, as Olivia Maia points out in "Coffee Stain."
In the year of #MeToo, Bellotto's Akashic entry has a timely feel, giving noir a host of feminine faces.
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"Bellotto, Tony: SAO PAULO NOIR." Kirkus Reviews, 1 Apr. 2018. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A532700485/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=bca43f17. Accessed 14 July 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A532700485
Sao Paulo Noir
Publishers Weekly. 265.18 (Apr. 30, 2018): p40.
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Sao Paulo Noir
Edited by Tony Bellotto, trans, from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Akashic, $15.95 trade paper, (272p) ISBN 978-1-61775531-6
Bellotto, who edited the strong Rio Noir (2016), doesn't fare as well with this anthology featuring Brazil's largest city. That one of the 13 stories stretches "noir" beyond reason doesn't help: Jo Soares eats up a lot of space with "My Name Is Nicky Nicola," which features a bumbling detective much like farcical French detective Jacques Clouseau. Better is Fernando Bonassi's "24-Hour Service," in which a senator's son's screwup leads the senator to call the governor, who calls someone else, and so forth down the line until a minor functionary gets a call at 3:10 a.m. and begins the arduous task of cleaning up the son's mess. A hotel maid is a razor-sharp detective in Vanessa Barbara's brief and effective "Cross Contamination." An obese woman hits on several unusual weight-loss regimens in Mario Prata's darkly humorous "Teresao." A poor young girl's luck seems as bad and as lurid as Candide's in Drauzio Varella's "Margot," but a knife can solve a lot of problems. This entry ranks as only a fair addition to Akashic's acclaimed noir series. (June)
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"Sao Paulo Noir." Publishers Weekly, 30 Apr. 2018, p. 40. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A537852244/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=8cb0a954. Accessed 14 July 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A537852244
Rio Noir
Publishers Weekly. 263.16 (Apr. 18, 2016): p99.
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Rio Noir
Edited by Tony Bellotto, trans. from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Akashic, $15.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-61775-312-1
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 summer Olympics amid fears of the Zika virus, this anthology of 14 dark and violent short stories set in the Brazilian city might give prospective visitors more reasons to be concerned. Drug dealing and police corruption go hand-in-hand in MV Bill's "The Return" and in Luiz Eduardo Soares's "Weekend in Sao Conrado. "An American woman seeks a new life in Victoria Saramago "Blind Spot," but she's betrayed by her limited vocabulary. In Marcelo Ferroni's "Tangerine Tango," writer Humberto Mariconda is unable to keep up with hunky Greg Nicholas, the author of a bestselling weight loss book. In one of the best entries, "The Story of Georges Fullar," an aspiring author falls under the spell of an older, very successful one. Adriana Lisboa spins a clever tale of vengeance in "The Hanged Man," and in Tony Bellotto's "Toned Cougars," a man who preys on vulnerable women meets his match in 70-something Veronique Delamare. This volume is a solid addition to Akashic's acclaimed noir series. (June)
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"Rio Noir." Publishers Weekly, 18 Apr. 2016, p. 99. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A450361296/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=44782f8f. Accessed 14 July 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A450361296
Rio Noir
David Pitt
Booklist. 112.17 (May 1, 2016): p40.
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Rio Noir. Ed. by Tony Bellotto. Tr. by Clifford E. Landers. June 2016. 224p. Akashic, paper, $15.95 (9781617753121); e-book (9781617754623).
The latest installment of Akashic's geographically wide-ranging mystery series lands in Rio de Janeiro, a city whose famous imagery--the massive statue of Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf mountain, the beautiful beaches--constitutes the public face of the city, but behind lurks a "world of shadows, blood, intrigue, violence, hideouts, and mystery" (to quote the introduction). Contributors' names might not be familiar to English-speaking readers, but their subjects are: murder, duplicity, mayhem, the general spectrum of human misery. A good introduction to writers of the region and to the dark side of a very sunny place.--David Pitt
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
Pitt, David. "Rio Noir." Booklist, 1 May 2016, p. 40. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A453293686/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=be5f0742. Accessed 14 July 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A453293686