![]() Following the military coup d'etat of 1964, he was jailed by the new government and eventually forced into a political exile that lasted fifteen-years. ![]() He subsequently became active in adult education and workers' training, and became the first Director of the Department of Cultural Extension of the University of Recife (1961-1964).įreire quickly gained international recognition for his experiences in literacy training in Northeastern Brazil. After a brief career as a lawyer, he taught Portuguese in secondary schools from 1941-1947. Born in Recife, Brazil, on September 19, 1921, Freire died of heart failure in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 2, 1997. ![]() ![]() The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire is among most the influential educational thinkers of the late 20th century. ![]()
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