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May 03, 1943 São Paulo, Brazil 81 years old
Brazilian writer and scientist
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About Drauzio Varella
- Antônio Drauzio Varella (Brazilian Portuguese: ['d??äwzj? vä'???l?]; born May 3, 1943 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian doctor, educator, scientist and medical science popularizer in the press and TV, as well as best-selling author.
- In addition to medicine, Varella is a public commentator on issues such as prison conditions, social welfare, government, literature and his professed atheism and skepticism. Varella came from a family of Portuguese and Spanish descent from São Paulo.
- He studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo.
- While a student, he was one of the founders of a pre-med preparatory course with João Carlos di Genio and other colleagues, and where he taught chemistry for several years.
- This course later became the larger private educational system in Brazil, the Universidade Paulista and the Sistema Objetivo.
- Varella received the Prêmio Jabuti literary award in 2000 for his book Estação Carandiru.
