Alípio Freire

Alípio Raimundo Viana Freire (Salvador, November 4, 1945 – São Paulo, April 22, 2021), better known as Alípio Freire, was a Brazilian journalist, writer and artist.

Alípio Freire
Born4 November 1945 Edit this on Wikidata
Salvador Edit this on Wikidata
Died22 April 2021 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 75)
São Paulo Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationJournalist, writer, plastic artist Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

Biography

Freire was a political prisoner in the Brazilian military dictatorship between 1969 and 1974, imprisoned and tortured in the Tiradentes prison. His arrest was due to his role in resisting the military coup, especially for his militancy in the Red Wing. He was amnestied in 2005.[1][2]

Freire was a founding member of the Workers' Party.[3] He served in the Landless Rural Workers Movement.[4]

Freire worked in several alternative journalistic publications. During the dictatorship, he participated in Proletarian Struggle and Operative Unit. Later, he founded the magazine Sem Terra and the newspaper Brasil de Fato.[1]

He wrote Estação Paraíso and Estação Liberdade. He produced the documentary "1964 – A coup against Brazil".[3]

Freire died on April 22 as a result of complications related to COVID-19.[4]

References
  1. "Morre de covid Alípio Freire, um dos fundadores da revista Sem Terra e Brasil de Fato". Brasil de Fato (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  2. "Alípio Freire". Memórias da ditadura (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  3. "Jornalista Alípio Freire morre, aos 75 anos, vítima da covid-19". operamundi.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. "Morre aos 75 anos o jornalista e escritor Alípio Freire, em decorrência de complicações do coronavírus". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
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