Cícero Sandroni
Appearance

Cícero Augusto Ribeiro Sandroni (26 February 1935 – 17 June 2025) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.[1] He was born in São Paulo and became a journalist in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked for newspapers such as O Globo and Correio da Manhã and the news magazine Manchete. He also worked in publishing and in broadcast media.[2]
Career
[edit]Sandroni wrote a number of books, among them Cosme Velho: o rio das letras do Rio and a biography of fellow journalist Carlos Heitor Cony.
Sandroni was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2004.[3][4]
Death
[edit]Sandroni died in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June 2025, at the age of 90.[5][6]
Works
[edit]- The Devil Only Arrives at Noon, short stories, Nova Fronteira Publishing, 1985.
- Glass in Brazil, historical essay, Objetiva Publishing, 1989.
- Austregésilo de Athayde, the Century of a Liberal, Agir Publishing, 1998.
- Cosme Velho, literary essay about the Cosme Velho neighborhood, Relume Dumará Publishing, 1999.
- 50 Years of O Dia, newspaper history, 2002
- The Fish of Amarna, novel, Record, 2003
- Batman Didn't Go to Búzios, 7 Letras, 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "CICERO SANDRONI". MBRTV - Museu Brasileiro de Rádio e Televisão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Em livro de crônicas, Cícero Sandroni reafirma crença na palavra escrita". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 March 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Cicero Sandroni". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - ABL elege jornalista Cícero Sandroni como seu novo presidente - 07/12/2007". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Cícero Sandroni, jornalista e escritor, morre no Rio aos 90 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Biografia de Cícero Sandroni". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 June 2025.