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Luiz Fernando Ruffato de Souza (born February 1961 in Cataguases) is a contemporary Brazilian writer.[1] An alumnus of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Ruffato worked as a journalist in São Paulo and published several fiction books, including História dos Remorsos e Rancores (1998) and Eles eram muitos cavalos (They were many horses) (2001). The latter garnered the APCA literary prize.[2]
Luiz Ruffato | |
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 Ruffato in 2015 | |
| Born | February 4, 1961 Cataguases, Brazil |
| Occupation | Journalist and writer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Juiz de Fora |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Novelist |
| Notable works |
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| Notable awards | Casa de las Américas Troféu APCA Prêmio Machado de Assis |
Ruffato is one of the founders of the Church of the Book as Transformation (Igreja do Livro Transformador).
Early life
editLuiz Ruffato was born into an immigrant and working-class family in Cataguazes. Following the request of his mother, a Portuguese washerwoman, and his father, an Italian popcorn salesman,[3] Ruffato had an apprenticeship as a salesman in Cataguases before moving to Juiz de Fora. In Juiz de Fora, Ruffato worked as a mechanic and studied journalism.
Main works
editEarly works
editRuffato's first published work was the short story collection Histórias de Remorsos e Rancores (1998). Made up of seven short stories, Histórias de Remorsos e Rancores was centered on a set of characters from the "beco do Zé" (Zé's alley), in Cataguases. The short stories are not interrelated.[4]
In 2000, Ruffato published another collection of short stories, called os sobreviventes. The book received an honourable mention at the Premio Casa de las Américas in 2001. It is made of six short stories. The characters are meant to be representative of the lower proletariat of Cataguases; the stories deal with the suffering of the lower classes.[5]
Ruffato's first novel, Eles eram muitos cavalos, was published in 2001. It won the prize Troféu APCA of Prêmio Machado de Assis[6] for best novel of 2001. The novel's title is an allusion to a poem by the Brazilian poet Cecília Meirelles, Dos Cavalos da Inconfidência. The novel was a tribute to São Paulo.[7]
Later works
editIn 2005, Ruffato started—with the novel Mamma, Son Tanto Felice—a series called "Temporary Hell", made up of five volumes. The series continued with O Mundo Inimigo, published a year later. And, later on, Vista Parcial da Noite (2006), O Livro das Impossibilidades (2008), and Domingos sem Deus (2011). Ruffato's project fictionalized the story of the Brazilian working class from the beginning of the twentieth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. According to Ruffato, this project was imagined before he had published his earlier novels.[8]
In 2007, Ruffato was invited to write for the collection "Amores Expressos", a collection of love stories published by Companhia das Letras, a Brazilian publishing houses.[9] Ruffato was invited to travel to Lisbon, Portugal. In 2009, he published the novel Estive em Lisboa e lembrei de você as the result.
In 2012, Luiz Ruffato was distinguished as a Brazilian Writer in Residence at the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley.[10] In 2013, his novel "Domingos Sem Deus" was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize.
Awards and recognition
edit- 2001 Prêmio APCA de Melhor Romance – Eles eram muitos cavalos[11]
- 2001 Menção Especial no Premio Casa de las Américas
- 2001 Prêmio Machado de Assis de Narrativa da Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
- 2005 Selecionado para Bolsa Vitae[12]
- 2005 Prêmio APCA de Melhor Ficção – Mamma, son tanto Felice e O mundo inimigo
- 2006 Finalista do Prêmio Portugal Telecom[13]
- 2007 Finalista Prêmio Zaffari Bourbon de Literatura
- 2007 Finalista Prêmio Jabuti
- 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature – Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for Estive em Lisboa e Lembrei de Você[14]
- 2012 São Paulo Prize for Literature – Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for Domingos sem Deus[15]
- 2013 Prêmio Casa de las Américas – Domingos Sem Deus.[16]
References
edit- ^ Censorship, Index on (July 21, 2014). "Brazil's Luiz Ruffato: "We must defend freedom under any circumstance"". Index on Censorship. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ "Eleitos os melhores da arte em 2001" [Selections for the best of the arts in 2001]. O Estado do Maranhão. December 13, 2001. Archived from the original on September 25, 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ "Luiz Ruffato — internationales literaturfestival berlin". www.literaturfestival.com.
- ^ "Um senhor contista". lfilipe.tripod.com.
- ^ "ruffato". lfilipe.tripod.com.
- ^ http://www.literaturfestival.com/teilnehmer/autoren/2006/luiz-[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UOL - O melhor conteúdo". www.uol.com.br.
- ^ "G1 – Máquina de Escrever – Luciano Trigo » Ficção de Luiz Ruffato permanece fiel à classe operária » Arquivo". g1.globo.com.
- ^ http://www..folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1703200707.htm [dead link]
- ^ CLAS Berkeley [@clasberkeley] (April 23, 2012). "Luiz Ruffato is currently serving as the Distinguished Brazilian Writer in Residence at UC Berkeley. He gave a..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "APCA elege os melhores do ano - Cultura". Estadão.
- ^ http://www..folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq0302200515.htm [dead link]
- ^ http://www..folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq2211200634.htm [dead link]
- ^ Marco Rodrigo Almeida (May 29, 2010). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura divulga finalistas". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ "Michel Laub e Luiz Ruffato são finalistas do Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura". Folha de S.Paulo. August 2, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ "Chico Buarque e Luiz Ruffato ganham prêmio literário em Cuba". EXAME.
External links
edit- Jornal Rascunho Archived 2013-01-23 at the Wayback Machine