Wladimir Pomar | |
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Born | Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar 14 July 1936 |
Died | 9 June 2023
São Bernardo do Campo,
Greater São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 86)
Occupation | Writer |
Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar (14 July 1936 – 9 June 2023) was a Brazilian writer, journalist and political activist.
Born in Belém, Pomar was the son of the Communist Party of Brazil founder Pedro Pomar , who was killed by the military regime in 1976. [1] A Communist Party militant since young age and a leading figure in the student movement and in the metalworkers' trade union, [1] [2] he lived in clandestinity for several years, [1] [2] [3] and he was arrested twice, in 1964 in a protest against the dictatorship and in 1976 in the military operation that led to the killing of his father. [3]
Released from prison in 1979, [2] [3] in the early 1980s Pomar joined the Workers' Party, and in 1989 he coordinated the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential campaign. [1] [2] [3] [4] As a writer, he authored about 20 books, mainly focusing on the history of Brasil and the economic development of China. [1] [2] [4] He also collaborated as an editor and a columnist with numerous publications, including Tribuna Popular, Classe Operária, Movimento, Correio Agropecuário, Brasil Extra, Correio da Cidadania and Teoria e Debate. [3]
Pomar died of complications from dysplasia on 9 June 2023, at the age of 86. [4]