Moacyr de Góes

Moacyr de Góes (August 1930 – 27 March 2009) was a Brazilian writer and educator.

He became well known for his work as Natal's Education Secretary during the mayoralty of Djalma Maranhão in 1964.

As a writer and educator, Góes participated in the movement to increase literacy rates, specifically with the "De Pé no Chão Também se Aprende a Ler" campaign.

Despite the project having benefitted more than 40,000 people, he was removed from the position and from public office after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.

[1] After being granted amnesty in 1979, he retired from being a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), being then transferred and becoming a faculty member of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) during the rectorship of Adolfo Polilo.