Estação Carandiru

For the metro station Estação Carandiru, see Carandiru (São Paulo Metro).

Carandiru Station

Author	Drauzio Varella
Original title	Estação Carandiru
Cover artist	Hélio de Almeida
Language	Portuguese
Subject	Human and Social Sciences, Sociology
Set in	Carandiru Penitentiary
Publisher	Companhia das Letras
Publication date	1999
Publication place	Brazil
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	297 (first edition)
Awards	Prêmio Jabuti for Non-fiction Book of the Year (2000)
ISBN	978-8-571-64897-5

Estação Carandiru ("Carandiru Station") is a 1999 novel-memoir by Brazilian physician and AIDS specialist Drauzio Varella. The story is based on Varella's time as a physician volunteering at Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo from 1989 up to the 1992 massacre which left 111 inmates dead, but is made up of fictionalized incidents and characters.

With more than 500,000 copies sold, Estação Carandiru is one of the all-time best-sellers in Brazil and was adapted into the 2003 film Carandiru directed by Héctor Babenco.[1] Varella is portrayed by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos in the film.[2] The book won the Brazilian literary award Prêmio Jabuti in 2000.[3]

The book, first in a trilogy, was followed by Carcereiros ("Jailers") in 2012 which chronicles prison life based on testimony of prison officials. Prisioneiras ("[Female] Prisoners"), about the women's prison in São Paulo, will end the trilogy.[4]

References

1. "Drauzio Varella volta ao universo das prisões em 'Carcereiros'". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
2. Michael Wilmington (28 May 2004). "'Carandiru' a prison drama that grips viewers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
3. "Tragédia do Carandiru inspirou livros, filmes e músicas". Globo.com (in Portuguese). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
4. "Drauzio Varella recria 'Estação Carandiru' com a versão dos carcereiros". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.