Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira was a Brazilian writer, professor, political scientist, historian and poet.
Early life
Luiz Alberto de Vianna Moniz Bandeira is a descendant of the early settlers of Brazil, several times, the :pt:Casa da Torre|Casa da Torre family in particular. Moniz Bandeira's work O Feudo – A Casa da Torre de Garcia d'Ávila describes the history of the Casa da Torre throughout the centuries, from the 16th century to the independence of Brazil. He is also a descendant of Diogo Álvares Correia, the "Caramuru", famous colonizer of Brazil. Bandeira started writing poems at an early age. His first book, Verticais, was published in 1956 when he was 20 years old. In 1960, he published another, Retrato e Tempo. While in law school, Bandeira, worked for newspapers in Rio de Janeiro such as Correio da Manhã and Diário de Notícias, and participated in political life as a socialist militant linked to the Brazilian Labour Party. When the 1964 coup d'état overthrew President João Goulart, Bandeira fled into exile in Uruguay. He returned to Brazil some years later and led a clandestine life, continuing his historical research and writing, while participating in the resistance against the military regime. He was subsequently arrested by the Brazilian Navy and spent two years as a political prisoner.
He has written prolifically and published more than 20 books. Among Moniz Bandeira's books are:
O 24 de agosto de Janio Quadros
O Caminho da Revolução Brasileira
O Ano Vermelho – A Revolução Russa e seus Reflexos no Brasil
Presença dos Estados Unidos no Brasil
Cartéis e Desnacionalização – A experiência Brasiliera: 1964/1974
O Governo João Goulart – As lutas sociais no Brasil
O Expansionismo Brasileiro e a Formação dos Estados da Bacia do Prata ; translated into Spanish and published in Argentina under the title La Formación de los Estados en la Cuenca del Plata
Brasil-Estados Unidos: a Rivalidade Emergente - 1950-1988
O Eixo Argentina-Brasil - O Processo de Integração na América Latina
De Marti a Fidel – A Revolução Cubana e a América Latina
A reunificação da Alemanha - Do Ideal Socialista ao Socialismo Real
Estado nacional e Política Internacional na América Latina - 0 continente nas relações Argentina-Brasil - 1930 - 1992
0 Milagre Alemão e o desenvolvimento do Brasil: as relações da Alemanha com o Brasil e a América Latina 1949 -1994, translated and published in Germany by Verwuert Verlag
O Feudo – A Casa da Torre de Garcia d’Ávila
Brasil, Argentina e Estados Unidos - Conflito e integração na América do Sul
