Luiz Paulo Horta

He joined the Correio da Manhã in 1963, and the Jornal do Brasil in 1964, where he stayed until 1990.

In 1986, he founded and directed the music section of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.

He was a member of the Development Council of PUC-RJ and of the Cultural Commission of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro.

In 2000 he received the Padre Ávila Prize for Ethics in Journalism, granted by PUC-RJ.

He was the seventh occupant of Chair 23, elected on August 21, 2008, at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in succession to Zélia Gattai, and received on November 28 of the same year by academic Tarcísio Padilha.