Piauí (magazine)
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piauí is a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...

 magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

, created by the documentarian João Moreira Salles
João Moreira Salles
João Moreira Salles is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University...

. It is edited by Editora Alvinegra and printed and distributed by Editora Abril
Editora Abril
Editora Abril is a major Brazilian publisher and printing company and one of the biggest media holdings in Southern America. The company was founded in 1950 by Victor Civita in São Paulo and is now part of Grupo Abril....

. The first edition of piauí was launched in October, 2006.

Piauí
Piauí
Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...

is also the name of a Brazilian state in the northeastern part of the country.

Main Topics

These are the main sections in piauí nowadays:
  • Chegada (Arrival)
  • Colaboradores (Collaborators)
  • Esquina (Corner)
  • Diário (Journal)
  • Poesia (Poetry)
  • Cartas (Letters)
  • Perfil (Profile)
  • Quadrinhos (Comics)
  • Ficção (Fiction)
  • Concurso (Literary contest)
  • Tipos brasileiros (Brazilian characters)
  • Despedida (Farewell)

External links

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