Luiz Ruffato
Biography
Luiz Ruffato was born in 1961 in Cataguases. His father sold popcorn while his mother was a laundrywoman. He worked in various job, including as a mechanic and also selling popcorn before going to the Federal University of Juiz de Fora to study communications. He worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. He started out publishing stories but success came with his first novel Eles eram muitos cavalos (There Were Many Horses ). He has since published novels, poetry and non-fiction.
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His Facebook page (in English and Portuguese)
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Interview
His blog – Reading the Classics (in Portuguese)
His Instagram page (in Portuguese)
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Interview (in Portuguese)
Interview (in Portuguese)
Bibliography
1998 Histórias de Remorsos e Rancores (stories)
2000 (os sobreviventes) (stories)
2001 Eles eram muitos cavalos (There Were Many Horses) (novel)
2002 Os ases de Cataguases (uma história dos primórdios do Modernismo) (essay)
2002 As máscaras singulares (poetry)
2005 Mamma, son tanto felice (Inferno Provisório: Volume I (novel)
2005 O mundo inimigo (Inferno Provisório: Volume II) (novel)
2006 Vista parcial da noite (Inferno Provisório: Volume III) (novel)
2007 De mim já nem se lembra (Unremembering Me) (novel)
2008 O livro das impossibilidades (Inferno Provisório: Volume IV) (novel)
2009 Estive em Lisboa e lembrei de você (novel)
2011 Domingos sem Deus (Inferno Provisório: Volume V) (novel)
2011 Paráguas verdes (poetry)
2013 O amor encontrado (poetry)
2014 Flores Artificiais (novel)
2014 Minha primeira vez (articles)
2014 A história verdadeira do Sapo (children’s)
2019 O verão tardio (Late Summer) (novel)