Education
Munduruku is graduated in Philosophy, History and Psychology.
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Munduruku is graduated in Philosophy, History and Psychology.
He has a master"s degree in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in Education by the University of São Paulo. Besides being a writer, he worked as a teacher and is involved in many organizations that strive for the culture and literature of the indigenous people of Brazil. Munduruku is president of the Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intelectual (Brazilian Indigenous Institute of Intellectual Property), director of the Instituto UK"a - A Casa dos Saberes Ancestrais (UK"a InstituteThe House of Ancient Knowledge) and president of the Academy of Letters of Lorena.
He is managing director of the Museu do Índio of Rio de Janeiro.
Honorable Mention in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Prize for Children"s and Young People"s Literature in the Service of Tolerance (2003) Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (Jabuti Literature Prize)(2004). Prize of the National Foundation for Children and Young People"s Books Fundação Nacional para o Livro Infantil e Juvenil (FNLIJ) (2005) Prize of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Literature). Érico Vannucci Mendes Prize, of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).
He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people.
