In 1980, he released The Twilight of the Male, a continuation of What is it, mate?. The book won the Jabuti Literature Prize in the biography and (or) memories category in 1980 and was made into the film Four Days in September by filmmaker Bruno Barreto in 1997. In 1979, he wrote the book What is it, mate?, about his participation in the armed struggle against the military regime in Brazil (1964–1985) and his subsequent exile in Europe. Many years later, Gabeira revealed that his scandalous bathing suit was indeed the bottom part of one of his cousin Leda Nagle's bikinis. Just after his return, a photo of Gabeira wearing a very small knitted swimsuit on Ipanema beach turned into a national scandal. He lived for a decade in exile from Brazil during the military dictatorship, and returned to his country in 1979.
Recently he rejoined the Greens, due to his disappointment with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government, and also because of the way the Worker's Party was dealing with its remaining members. He became known for his positions sometimes considered controversial on certain societal subjects, such as the professionalization of prostitution, same-sex marriage and the legalization of cannabis. In a May 2009 interview with Ragga, Gabeira said he was in error in kidnapping the American ambassador in 1969 and that he would never participate in such activity now.īorn Februin Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Fernando Gabeira was one of the founding members of the Green Party of Brazil, but left the group in 2002 to join the Workers' Party. Gabeira has asked for a visa revision three times, and was denied each time.
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The movie was nominated for many awards, including an Oscar at the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards.īecause of his role in the kidnapping of the ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick, Gabeira was considered a terrorist and banned to enter the United States and its territories until 2009. The book was made into a movie in 1997, titled Four Days in September in English. The book tells of the armed resistance to the military dictatorship in Brazil, and particularly describes the 1969 episode of the kidnapping of the American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick, in which Gabeira took part as a member of MR8, a group trying to fight the military dictatorship installed in Brazil five years prior. He is best known for his book O que é isso, companheiro? ( literally "What is this, comrade?") written in 1979. He was a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2011. Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira ( Portuguese pronunciation: born February 17, 1941) is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist.
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