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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work has affected global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a political act of liberation rather than critical cultural transmission of values. A founder of critical pedagogy, Freire’s influence spans literacy movements, liberation theology, postcol…

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culture · Brazilian educator (1921–1997) · teacher · writer · lawyer · philosopher · pedagogue · poet · also Paulo Freire, Paulo Reglus Neves Freire, Freire

Born 19 September 1921 · Died 2 May 1997 · Q164797

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Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2011).
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Não há saber mais ou saber menos. Há saberes diferentes.
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2026· 3 entries

Aug 20, 2026Documented record69% confidence

ArchDaily: Galería de ¿Qué puede aprender la arquitectura de Paulo Freire? - 10

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Aug 19, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Diário do Centro do Mundo: A ignorância de Ernesto Paglia sobre Paulo Freire no Roda Viva é um retrato da mídia

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elciudadano.com: El legado de Paulo Freire llega a la pantalla grande de la mano de un director chileno: “Cartas de Paulo”

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2011· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2011Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2011).

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1999· 1 entry

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PAULO, a national training organisation named in honour of Freire, was established in the United Kingdom

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1997· 7 entries

May 2, 1997Documented record86% confidence

Died 1997-05-02.

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“A educação já foi tida como mágica, podia tudo, e como negativa, nada podia. Chegamos à humildade: ela não é a chave da transformação da sociedade.”

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“O mundo não é, o mundo está sendo.”

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“Quando a educação não é libertadora, o sonho do oprimido é ser o opressor.”

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“Não há saber mais ou saber menos. Há saberes diferentes.”

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“Descobri que o analfabetismo era uma castração dos homens e das mulheres, uma proibição que a sociedade organizada impunha às classes populares.”

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“Num país como o Brasil, manter a esperança viva é em si um ato revolucionário.”

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1991· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1991Documented record84% confidence

Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1991).

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1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The Paulo Freire Institute was established in São Paulo to extend and elaborate upon his theories of popular education

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1988· 1 entry

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Freire was appointed municipal Secretary of Education

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1986· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1986Documented record84% confidence

Awarded UNESCO Prize for Peace Education (1986).

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1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Honorary Doctorate, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1996, along with Augusto Boal, during their residency at the Second Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference in Omaha

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1979· 1 entry

1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

First visited Brazil after more than a decade of exile, eventually moving back in 1980

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1977· 1 entry

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The Adult Learning Project, based on Freire's work, was established in the Gorgie-Dalry neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotland

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1973· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1973Documented record84% confidence

Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (1973).

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1970· 1 entry

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed has had a large impact in education and pedagogy worldwide, especially as a defining work of critical pedagogy

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1967· 1 entry

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Freire published his first book, Education as the Practice of Freedom

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1962· 1 entry

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Had the first opportunity for large-scale application of his theories, when, in an experiment, 300 sugarcane harvesters were taught to read and write in just 45 days

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1961· 1 entry

1961Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was appointed director of the Department of Cultural Extension at the University of Recife

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1946· 1 entry

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Freire was appointed director of the Pernambuco Department of Education and Culture

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1944· 1 entry

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Married Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira, a fellow teacher

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1931· 1 entry

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Freire moved with his family to Jaboatão dos Guararapes, located 18 kilometers south of the Historic Center of Recife

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1921· 1 entry

Sep 19, 1921Documented record86% confidence

Born 1921-09-19.

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