Alvacir Raposo

Alvacir dos Santos Raposo Filho (born January 18, 1950) is a Brazilian physician and writer.

Born in Piauí, Brazil, Raposo moved as a young man to Recife, Pernambuco. He graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 1974 with a doctorate in Ophthalmology.

Raposo is a professor at UFPE and the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco. He is a poet, cand omposer of frevos, having recorded a CD of gender to another physician and composer Luiz Guimaraes.

Professional training

 * Medical (UFPE);
 * Master of Ophthalmology (UFPE), with a dissertation on Retinal haemorrhages in newborns;
 * Doctor of Medicine (Universidade Federal de São Paulo), with a thesis on Variations of intraocular pressure in individuals undergoing testing stationary bike.

Books published

 * A resistência e a Natividade. Recife: Fundarpe, 1994
 * A casa do vinho. Recife: Fundarpe, 1994
 * O galo de metal. Recife: Bagaço, 1995
 * Rua dos Arcos. Recife: Bagaço, 1996
 * O discurso do rei. Recife: Fundação de Cultura Cidade do Recife, 1996
 * Sonetos. Recife: Bagaço, 1999
 * O território. Recife: Bagaço, 1999
 * Os tambores. Recife: Bagaço, 1999
 * O pássaro e a arca. Recife: Bagaço, 2001
 * Ensaio das lâminas. Recife, 2003
 * A chama intacta. Recife: Bagaço, 2008
 * A rosa em chamas. Recife: Bagaço, 2012
 * A flauta de vidro. Recife: Bagaço, 2014

Discography

 * Carnaval 2000 - CD frevo jointly with the medical composer Luiz Guimaraes.

Awards

 * Mauro Mota Prize for Poetry, FUNDARPE, 1992
 * Mauro Mota Prize for Poetry, FUNDARPE, 1993
 * Poetry Prize from the Academy of Arts Pernambuco, 1993
 * Award Ladjane Flag, Diário de Pernambuco, 1994
 * Award Eugenio Coimbra Junior, City Council Culture of Recife, 1995
 * Poetry Prize from the Academy of Arts Pernambuco, 1996

Member of literary institutions

 * Academia Pernambucana de Letras - elected and installed in 2002
 * Academia de Letras e Artes do Nordeste - having exercised its presidency
 * Sociedade Brasileira de Médicos Escritores (SOBRAMES-PE) - Socio-holder
 * Secretary for the biennium 1990-1991
 * President in 1992-1993
 * Academia Recifense de Letras
 * Academia Piauiense de Letras (honorary member)