Sebastião Nery


Sebastião Nery is a Brazilian writer and journalist. He was born in Jaguaquara, in the state of Bahia, on March 8, 1932.

Writing career

He worked as a reporter for O Diário, a morning newspaper linked to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte; and for various other publications in the late 1950s before founding the weekly newspaper Jornal da Semana in 1959. He continued to write and edit for a range of print and television news outlets through the sixties and seventies.

Political career

In November 1982 and took his place in the Chamber of Deputies in February 1983. He was an presidential candidate Fernando Collor de Mello in 1989. He was then appointed cultural attaché in Rome, 1990–1991, and in Paris, 1993.

Published works