Biography:

Waldomiro Bariani Ortêncio (Igarapava, July 24 from 1923 – Goiânia, December 15th of 2023) was a writer, folklorist and composer Brazilian. Born in the State of São Paulo, he lived, since the age of fifteen, in Goiânia, Goiás. His work is known for dealing with aspects of Goiás culture.

Bariani Ortêncio was born in Igarapava, São Paulo, close to Usina Junqueira, son of Josefina Bariani and Antônio Ortêncio. He began his primary studies in 1930 and, the following year, he got his first job at Casas Pernambucanas.

In 1938, he moved with his family to Goiânia, capital of theState of Goiás, at which high school he enrolled and attended high school and science. In 1941 , he joined the War Shooting . In 1948 , he entered the Faculty of Dentistry, but did not complete the course.

He established himself as a merchant in the neighborhood Campinas with Bazar Paulistinha, a record store, which became a famous house commercial. During this time, he was also goalkeeper for Atlético Clube Goianiense .

Throughout his life, he carried out several other activities: mathematics teacher, merchant, farmer, industrialist and miner.

He began as a writer as a child, in Itaperava, in the student newspaper O Chicote. In Goiânia, as soon as he enrolled at the Liceu, he started writing for the school’s student newspaper.

Over a period of more than two years, he wrote chronicles for Rádio Clube de Goiânia, sometimes also published in the newspaper “A Folha de Goyaz”.

He published his first book in 1956, “O que foi pelo Sertão”, for which he received the Americano do Brasil award from the Academia Goiana de Letras, an institution that would accept him as a member five years later, for chair no. 9, whose patron is Antônio Americano do Brasil and who was founded by Pedro Cordolino Ferreira de Azevedo.

The books followed: “O Sertão – O Rio e a Terra”, 1959; “Sertão Sem Fim”, 1965; “A Cozinha Goiana”, 1967; “Vão dos Angicos”, 1969; “Force of the Earth”, 1974; “Death to Order”, 1974; “Dr. Libério, the Double Man”, 1981; “Stories of Crimes and Detective Lopes”, 1981; “Dictionary of Central Brazil”, 1983; “The Enigma of the Blue Bag”, 1985; “Adventure in Araguaia”, 1987; “My Great-Uncle and the Devil”, 1993; “Popular Medicine of the Midwest”, 1994; “João do Fogo”, 1996; “Brazilian Folklore Primer”, 1997; “The Man Who Didn’t Stubborn”, 1998; “Path of Freedom”, 2000; “The Frontier” (Constitutionalist Revolution of São Paulo in 1932) and “Minha Vida de Menino”, 2005; “Chronicles”, 2005.

As a composer, he is the author of numerous songs, and had his first compositions recorded from 1957 onwards, by various performers, such as Irmãs Santos, Duo Paranaense, Trio da Vitória, Duo Estrela D’Alva and Duo < /span>Capitão Furtado]1[., on the occasion of the inauguration of the new capital of Brazil (on April 21, 1960), the RGE Orchestra and Choir recorded the march “Brasília Twenty-one of April”, written exclusively by him, and, on the same album, the march “Brasília a Capital da Esperança”, composed in partnership with Henrique Simonetti and 1960, among others. In Guarujá

Holder of the Hugo de Carvalho Ramos Publications Grant Awards, from the City Hall of Goiânia, José Décio Filho Publications Grant, from the Government of the State of Goiás and the João Ribeiro Award, from Brazilian Academy of Letters. In April 1968, he received the title of Citizen of Goianiense, granted by the Legislative Assembly of Goiás< a i=6>, in consideration of the relevant services provided to the capital.

He is a member of the Academies Goiana (chair no. 9) and Goianiense de Letras]2[.Brazilian Geographic Society, of the Goiana Press Association, in addition to other social associations, cultural and class activities, including the Goiana Folklore Commission, State Council of Culture, National Order of Bandeirantes and National Folklore Commission (chair no. 46). Member of the Brazilian Union of Writers of Goiás, of which he was president, of theHistorical and Geographic Institute of Goiás (chair no. 23) and the

On April 12 of 2013, he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from Federal University of Goiás .[3]

On March 15 of 2017, at an event held at Palácio das Esmeraldas, headquarters of the state government, launched a collection of four titles: “The butler’s crime and other crimes… of humor” ;, “Chão Bruto”, “Conversing with the myths of Brazilian folklore” and “Long Fiction by Bariani Ortencio”. During the occasion, however, he felt unwell and was taken to Anis Rassi Hospital.[4]< /span>

He married Ana Silva de Moraes, with whom he had six children, three daughters and three sons.

Waldomiro died on December 15, 2023 at the age of 100.[5]

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