1. Career

2. Literary prizes

3. Gay activism

4. Personal life

5. Body of work

6. See also

7. References

Career

Early in his career in 1970, Trevisan wrote and directed a feature film, Orgia ou o Homem que Deu Cria, which was censured by the Brazilian military regime for almost ten years. In 1976, however, Trevisan wrote his first book, Testamento de Jônatas Deixado a Davi, and in 1983, Em Nome do Desejo. He subsequently emerged as one of Brazil's more important literary figures due to the enormous quantity and quality of work produced over the course of his career on a variety of topics.^[4] In 2010, one of his many short stories, The Secret Friend, was adapted to a short film directed by Flavio Alves. The film was shot in Brooklyn, and entered more than 80 film festivals and won 21 awards all over the world, including Best of the Fest at Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Storyteller Award at Savannah Film Festival, and the Van Gogh Award at the Amsterdam Film Festival, among others.^[5]

Literary prizes

Trevisan's best-known literary work, Two Bodies in Vertigoo is part of the anthology The 100 Best Brazilian Story Tales of the Twentieth Century. He has been honored three times with Premix Jabuti, which is the most prestigious Brazilian literary award and three times with the Association of Art Critics of São Paulo (APCA) Award, as well as several other honors.^[6] Yet, despite the numerous awards and distinctions, his work has been ignored by the Brazilian mainstream media.^[7]

Gay activism

Between 1973 and 1976, Trevisan lived in Mexico and in the United States, where he had direct contact with the gay rights movement. Not surprisingly, in 1978, he founded, SOMOS, the first gay rights organization in Brazil and, in the same year, the first gay news publication, O Lampião da Esquina.^[8] In 1982, he started research for his book, Devassos no Paraiso (Perverts in Paradise), which became at the time the most comprehensive study of the history of homosexuality in Brazil.

Personal life

He currently resides in São Paulo, Brazil.

Body of work

Film, as

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• Contestação (short film, 1969)
• Orgia ou o homem que deu cria (feature length, 1971)
• Amigo Secreto (The Secret Friend, 2010)

Journalism

• O Lampião da Esquina

Literature

• Testamento de Jônatas Deixado a David (1976)
• As Incríveis Aventuras de El Cóndor (1980)
• Em Nome do Desejo (1983)
• Vagas Notícias de Melinha Marchiotti (1984)
• Devassos no Paraíso; also in English: Perverts in Paradise (1986)
• O Livro do Avesso (1992)
• Ana em Veneza; also Ana in Venice (1994)
• Troços & Destroços (1997)
• Seis Balas num Buraco Só: A Crise do Masculino (1998)
• Pedaço de Mim (2002)
• O Rei do Cheiro (2010)

Screenplay (adaptations)

• Doramundo by Geraldo Ferraz, directed by João Batista de Andrade (first treatment, 1977) - best film, scenography and director, Festival de Gramado, 1978
• A mulher que inventou o amor by Jean Garrett, (1981)

Theater

• Heliogábalo & Eu
• Em Nome do Desejo
• Troços & Destroços

See also

• Literature of Brazil
• The Secret Friend official web site

References

• Janet Smith (athlete)
• Janet Smith (Rhodesia)
• Janet Souto
• Janet Souto Garcia
• Janet Souto-Garcia
• Janet Spens
• Janet Sprintall
• Janet St Clair
• Janet Stocker
• Janet Stumbo
• Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann
• Janet Svendsen
• Janet Tai Landa
• Janetta Themis Forester
• Janetta Themis forester
• Janet Taylor Caldwell
• Jane (TTC)
• Janette Atkinson
• Janette Davis
• Janette Dunkley
• Janet Teissier du Cros
• Janette Jones
• Janette Loreto Garin
• Janette Mason
• Janette Mayal