| Wladimir Pomar | |
| Birth Name: | Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar |
| Birth Place: | Belém, Pará, Brazil |
| Death Place: | São Bernardo do Campo, Greater São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation: | Writer |
Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar (14 July 1936 – 9 June 2023) was a Brazilian writer, journalist and political activist.
Born in Belém, Pomar was the son of the Communist Party of Brazil founder, who was killed by the military regime in 1976.[1] A Communist Party militant since young age and a leading figure in the student movement and in the metalworkers' trade union,[2] he lived in clandestinity for several years, and he was arrested twice, in 1964 in a protest against the dictatorship and in 1976 in the military operation that led to the killing of his father.
Released from prison in 1979,[3] in the early 1980s Pomar joined the Workers' Party, and in 1989 he coordinated the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential campaign.[4] As a writer, he authored about 20 books, mainly focusing on the history of Brasil and the economic development of China. He also collaborated as an editor and a columnist with numerous publications, including Tribuna Popular, Classe Operária, Movimento, Correio Agropecuário, Brasil Extra, Correio da Cidadania and Teoria e Debate.
Pomar died of complications from dysplasia on 9 June 2023, at the age of 86.