Walcyr Monteiro
- Writer
Walcyr Monteiro a professional journalist, having worked and contributed to
several newspapers and magazines. He served as professor of secondary
and higher education in the disciplines Cultural Anthropology,
Economics and Political Science at the Brazilian education. Currently
chairs the Centro Paraense de Estudos do Folclore and is secretary of
the Instituto Histórico Geográfico do Pará also gives lectures on
folklore. His book "Visagens e Assombrações de Belém" has been used as
a basis for producing the screenplay for the feature film 'Lendas
Amazônicas' (1998), and the short film 'Visagem' (2006).
