The playwright died this Thursday morning (July 6); He had been in the hospital since the 3rd after a fire in his apartment
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), Vice President and Industry Minister Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) and other authorities mourned the loss of playwright José Celso Marinez Correia.
Zé Celso died on Thursday morning (July 6, 2023) at the age of 86. He has been in hospital since Tuesday (July 3) after a fire broke out at his home in Paraíso, south of São Paulo.
Lula said that the playwright is one of the biggest names in Brazilian theater and that he has “always defended democracy and creativity, often faced censorship.” Alckmin, on the other hand, stated that he wrote a “rich personal history and for Brazil”.
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Republic:
- Fernando Haddad, Finance Minister:
- Paulo Pimenta, Chief Minister of the Secretariat for Social Communications:
- Guilherme Boulos (PsolSP), Federal MP:
- Jandira Feghali (PC do BRJ), Federal MPs:
- Geraldo Alckmin (PSB), Vice President and Minister for Development, Industry, Trade and Services:
- Eduardo Suplicy (PT), MP for São Paulo:
- Alexandre Padilha, Minister for Institutional Relations:
- Rodrigo Pacheco (PSDMG), President of the Senate:
- Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), President of the PT (Workers’ Party):
- Sônia Guajajara, Minister for Indigenous Peoples:
- Erika Hilton (PsolSP), Federal MP:
- Paulo Teixeira, Minister of Agricultural Development and Family Farming:
