# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augusto-boal
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:03.372Z

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name: "Augusto Boal"
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description: "Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre, a theatrical form originally used in popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre."
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birthDate: "1931-03-16"
deathDate: "2009-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump