Luís Cristóvão dos Santos
Brazilian journalist
Luíz Cristóvão dos Santos was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916. He was a sociologist, anthropologist, folklorist, columnist, writer, advocate, and journalist. He was also known by the nicknames Ziul and Pajeú.
Luíz Cristóvão dos Santos studied fishing in Recife and completed his bachelor's in law and social sciences at the Recife Faculty of Law in 1944. He was a promoter of justice in various districts of the hinterland of Pernambuco and director of the newspaper Gazeta do Pajeú during the 1950s. He was a candidate for State Deputy UDN – National Democratic Union in 1947 and after obtaining 1,339 votes became an alternate member. He also held candidacy for vice-mayor of the city in 1955. He participated actively in the cultural and political history of Pernambuco, fighting for citizens' rights and defending the state. Due to the premature death of a child, he retired as the second letter from lawyer OAB, the Brazilian Bar Association.
A writer since adolescence, Luís Cristóvão dos Santos was also a journalist published in The Voice of the Hinterlands, the Gazeta Pajeú, Diário de Pernambuco and Jornal do Commercio and developed the Journal of Cultural Supplement of the state of Pernambuco.
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