Guilherme Figueiredo (1915–1997) was a Brazilian dramatist. He is best known for 1949's A God Slept Here () and his play The Fox and the Grapes () in 1953 about Aesop's life,Climent-Espino, Rafael. “La Tradición Clásica En El Teatro Brasileño Del Siglo Xx: Del Amphitruo De Plauto a Um Deus Dormiu Lá Em Casa De Guilherme Figueiredo.” Chasqui (01458973), vol. 45, no. 2, Nov. 2016, pp. 28–44. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=119070782&site=eds-live&scope=site. which won various awards, including the Atur Azevedo prize from the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
Professional Life Figueiredo debuted with the 1948 play Lady Godiva.
Before becoming a dramaturg, he had studied law in Rio de Janeiro, during which time he wrote cultural reviews for the local publications O Jornal and Diário de Notícias. Despite the recognition of his plays, he held a number of other professions, such as translator (primarily from French to Portuguese), professor of theater studies, library director, and artistic director of TV Tupi, a commercial television network.
Death and personal life He died at age 82 of cardiac arrest in May 1997. At the time of his death, he had been working on a memoir titled "A Bala Perdida".
Guilherme's brother, João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, was the 30th Brazilian president and final president of the military dictatorship that ended in 1985.
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