Mariano Marovatto is a writer, musician, and cultural researcher. He is the author of A guerra invisível de Oswald de Andrade (The Invisible War of Oswald de Andrade, Todavia, 2023), as well as Estirâncio (2019), Inclusive, aliás (2015), Casa, and Vinte e cinco poemas (Twenty-Five Poems, co-authored with Chico Alvim). As a musician, he has released the albums Selvagem (2016), Praia (2013), and Aquele amor nem me fale (2010), among other recordings.
His discography resists musical, temporal, and affective purism. His albums challenge the boundaries between tradition and experimentation, questioning fixed notions of genre and authorship. Engaging with popular song as a form under pressure — shaped by historical debris and technological saturation — his practice builds a critical mode of listening that is both archeological and radically contemporary.
His work with literature also involves genetic criticism, the organization of literary archives, and the editing of previously unpublished works. He curated the archive of poet and songwriter Cacaso at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, and conducted the research for unreleased material and textual establishment of Poética by Ana Cristina Cesar. He also edited Os fantasmas inquilinos by Daniel Jonas, Doutor Caneta by Cacaso, and the Brazilian edition of Silence by John Cage. In 2022, he recovered Dia garimpo, a poetic work by Julieta Barbara, published by Círculo de Poemas.
In his musical research, genetic criticism merges with music criticism, as explored in his book Legião Urbana: As quatro estações. His work also includes the study of sound archives and audiovisual production: from 2009 to 2016, he wrote and hosted the music television program Segue o Som (Follow the Beat) on TV Brasil.
Marovatto holds a PhD in Brazilian literature from PUC-Rio and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in literary theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), focusing on the life and work of Rosário Fusco. His complete body of work is available right here at the org.
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