João Candido Portinari
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Born1939 (age 86–87)[1]
AlmamaterLycée Louis-Le-Grand de Paris (1960)[2][3]
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (1963)[2][3]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1966)[2][3]
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (1963)[2][3]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1966)[2][3]
OccupationsTeacher and writer
KnownforFounder of Projeto Portinari[2]
João Candido Portinari | |
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| Born | 1939 (age 86–87)[1] |
| Alma mater | Lycée Louis-Le-Grand de Paris (1960)[2][3] École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (1963)[2][3] Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1966)[2][3] |
| Occupations | Teacher and writer |
| Known for | Founder of Projeto Portinari[2] |
| Father | Candido Portinari |
| Awards | Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (2008) Prêmio Sérgio Milliet (2008) |
| Executive Director from Projeto Portinari[2] | |
| 1979 – today | |
| Website | portinari |
João Candido Portinari (born 1939), is a teacher and Brazilian writer. The only son of Candido Portinari, he is the founder and executive director of the Projeto Portinari and a mathematician with a doctorate in telecommunications engineering.[4]
He was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti in the category "Architecture and Urbanism, Communication and Arts" in 2005,[5][6] released the Catalogue raisonné of his father's complete work in 2004[7][8] and also won the Sergio Milliet Award in 2005.[9]
He has also written several books on Portinari's life and work, especially the book Menino de Brodowski.[10]
