Moacyr Scliar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Moacyr Scliar

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Date of Death: 27-Feb-2011

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Moacyr Scliar

  • Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937 – February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician.
  • Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil for his 1981 novel Max and the Cats (Max e os Felinos), the story of a young German man who flees Berlin after he comes to the attention of the Nazis for having had an affair with a married woman.
  • Making his way to Brazil, his ship sinks, and he finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar who had been travelling in the hold.

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