Aguinaldo Silva

Aguinaldo Silva was born in Carpina, tiny town in Pernambuco, in 1943. A journalist, writer, and soap opera screenwriter, he moved to Rio in 1964, where he worked as a reporter for daily O Globo.
In the 70s, he became a pioneer gay activist, participating in the creation of Lampião, a publication that covered the LGBT movement and fought for its rights; later in the decade he started writing for TV Globo, consecrating himself to fiction for TV, film, and books. He lives between Brazil and Portugal.
MY PAST FORGIVES ME (MEU PASSADO ME PERDOA)
This memoir from one of the major Brazilian TV-storytellers narrates the vast experience of a man whose entire life was dedicated to write and to act. It recounts the trajectory of someone who had nothing and no one for him, and who was able to transform the episodes he lived and the people who crossed his way into fine fiction, mostly in his unforgettable soap operas, all of them iconic cultural items for different generations of Brazilian viewers.
From the airy gay scene in 60s’ Recife, in the patriarchal Northeast of Brazil, to the boiler rooms in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro; from the pioneer gay militancy and the creation of the first LGBT publication in the country during the military dictatorship, when queer people were chased and beaten by the police, to different newsrooms in the big press, and to the TV-Globo studios; from anonymous people to the biggest TV stars from his time - this memoir depicts with freshness, depth and humor, the many turnarounds of an incredible life.

Publication/Status: Published by Todavia (Brazil) in July 2024. [400 pages]
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