Frederico Di Giacomo
Freie Universität Berlin
ZI Lateinamerika-Institut
Doktorand
Literaturen und Kulturen Lateinamerikas mit Schwerpunkt Brasilianistik
Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56
14197 Berlin
Education
| Since 07/2020 |
PhD Candidate, Literaturen und Kulturen Lateinamerikas, Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität - Berlin |
| 04/2020 - 07/2020 |
Pre-PhD Studies, Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität - Berlin Literaturas, artes e a floresta (LAI_H_33832_20S), MA "Interdisziplinäre Lateinamerikastudien", Freie Universität Berlin Especulações Ameríndias, academic study group on Ameridian perspectivism and Literature. Mentoring Institute for Latin American Studies; Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mariana Simoni |
| 2002 - 2005 |
Bachelor in Social Communication - Journalism at Unesp (São Paulo State University) |
Work Experience
| 12/2020 - present | Assistant-editor, UOL |
| 05/2020 - present | Literature Columnist, Arte Fora dos Centros, UOL |
| 08/2013 - 12/2020 | Publisher - freelance editor, São Paulo - Berlin |
| 11/2015 - 05/2020 | Editorial Consultant, Elemidia, São Paulo |
| 01/2017 - 06/2017 | Writer, Conversa com Bial, Rede Globo, São Paulo |
| 02/2016 - 01/2017 | Pedagogical coordinator and teacher, Énois, São Paulo |
| 10/2014 - 10/2015 | Editor-in-chief, Editora Abril, São Paulo |
| 10/2013 - 10/2014 | Editor and writer, Glück Project, Berlin |
| 08/2009 - 08/2013 | Editor-in-chief, Editora Abril, São Paulo |
| 04/2006 - 07/2009 | Reporter and Assistant-editor, Editora Abril, São Paulo |
Honors and Awards
- São Paulo Prize for Literature 2019
Best Book of the Year - Debut Author: shortlist - Grant for the publication of books in the city of São Paulo 2017
Novel Desamparo: winner - Prêmio Jabuti 2017
Gastronomy: Prato Firmeza (editor), shortlist, 2017 - _docubase, MIT, 2017
Filosofighters: selected work - CNS Honors & Scholarships, University of Texas at Austin
Featured Polymaths: Polymaths in Public - The Society of Publication Designers(SPD), New York
Website: Video, Silver Medal Winner, 2013
Website: Interactive elements, Shortlist, 2013
Online/Rich Media, Merit Winner, 2012 - Abril Awards of Journalism (Prêmio Abril de Jornalismo)
Website of the year, Winner, 2016
Best Social Media Work, Winner, 2012
Professional of the year, Winner, 2012 - PROJOR - the Institute for the Development of Journalism
Selected to participate in the International Symposium on Journalism and in the Colóquio Ibero-Americano de Jornalismo Digital as part of PROJOR's journalism improvement program in Brazil, funded by Google. - BIG (Brazilian Indie Games)
Best Online Game, finalist, 2012 - FILE (Electronic Language International Festival)
Selected works, 2011
Research and work interests
- Literature - novel
- Brazilian Literature - regionalism
- Contemporary Brazilian Literature
- Postcolonialism and amerindian perspectivism
- Publishing and multimedia storytelling
- Native Brazilian Literature
PhD-Project: "The inconstancy of the wild interiorpolyphony and perspectivism in the Brazilian contemporary literature"
Supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Mariana Maia Simoni, Doutora em Letras, Freie Universität Berlin
This project will explore how contemporary Brazilian writers coming from the inlands breaks the dominant gender, geography, race and class standards in this country’s contemporary literature, decolonizing it. Which aesthetic and literary differences are perceived when those who were once the object and characters of literature become its subject and authors? This answer will help to change the way Brazilian Literature sees itself and it is seen around the world. The present investigation carries both an importance in the literary field and a social impact in Latin American studies. In the literary analysis, it starts from a solid basis of consolidated theory (GENETTE, SCHMIDT) arriving in the post-colonial studies (CHAKRABARTY, MIGNOLO), approaching the Dr. Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s “Amerindian perspectivism” theories in the literary field. The social importance of the project comes from the analysis of the Brazilian literary field, through Bourdieu methods and interviews with the authors, which show how these contemporary authors break with the unequal Brazilian society, where only the economic elites have access to the literary field.
Publications
Books - non-fiction
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2018 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred; HUECK , Karin. Glück, Editora Record; ISBN: 9788546500963 |
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2016 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred. (editor); multiple authors. Prato Firmeza, Énois; Prêmio Jabuti nominee. ISBN: 9788578887056 |
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2014 |
HUECK, Sabine (org.); DI GIACOMO, Fred; HUECK, Karin. Guten Appetit: a nova cozinha alemã, Melhoramentos; ISBN: 9788591730902 |
Books - fiction and poems
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2018 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred. Desamparo [Hilflosigkeit] (São Paulo Prize for Literature 2019 nominee), Reformatório, 2018; ISBN: 978-8566887433 |
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2018 |
MULTIPLE authors. Realidade Alternativa: 24 Contos Além da Imaginação, Ed. Abril; ISBN: 978-8569522782 |
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2016 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred. Guia poético e prático para sobreviver ao século XXI, Patuá; ISBN: 9788564308497 |
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2012 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred. Canções para ninar adultos, Patuá; ISBN: 9788564308534 |
Children's books
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2016 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred; HUECK, Karin. Felicidade tem cor, Matrix; ISBN: 9788582302392 |
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2013 |
DI GIACOMO, Fred. Haicais Animais , Panda Books; ISBN: 9780714124612 The book Haicais Animais was adopted, in 2019, by the City of São Paulo in its program Cadernos da Cidade (support materials for students). |
Articles, essays and literary criticism [selected works]
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29/05/2020 |
Poet Ricardo Escudeiro: Facção Central and Street Fighter to Parnassus, Cult Magazine, Ed. Bregantini |
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12/11/2019 |
From the borders of Brazil is born a literary revolution in the southern hemisphere, Cult Magazine, Ed. Bregantini |
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26/11/2019 |
News from our private Macondo: magical realism and fake news, Cult Magazine, online, originally presented in the Printemps Littéraire, Sorbonne Université, Paris |
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19/11/2019 |
Art in the time of Bolsonaro [Eles não querem que existamos], Cult Magazine, online, originally presented in the Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, 2019 |
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25/02/2016 |
Rock, Rebellion And My Misguided Shame Of Brazilian Culture, Wordcrunch, France |