Biography
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro), popularly known as Chico Buarque is a Brazilian singer, composer, dramatist and writer. He is best known for his music, which often comments on Brazil's social, economic and cultural reality.
Chico Buarque came from a privileged, intellectual family background: his father Sérgio Buarque de Holanda was a well-known historian and sociologist. A studious child with a precocious interest ...