Rubem Fonseca
Rubem Fonseca is a Brazilian writer and was born in the state of Minas Gerais in 1925 but he lived for most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952 he started his career in the police and became a desk cop. Even though he refuses to do interviews and is a very reclusive person, his friends say that he's a very friendly and good-humored man.
His works, however, are pretty dark, with plenty of violence and sexual content, usually in a very urban cenario. He says that a writer should have the courage to show what most people are afraid to say. He started his career with short stories and they are usually considered to be the best part of his work. His first popular novel was A Grande Arte (High Art) and "Agosto" is usually considered to be his best novel.
In 2003 he won the Camoens Prize, considered to be the most important award in the Portuguese language.
Works
- Works published in Brazil
- Os prisioneiros (short stories, 1963),
- A coleira do cão (short stories, 1965),
- Lúcia McCartney (short stories, 1967),
- O caso Morel (novel, 1973),
- Feliz Ano Novo (short stories, 1975),
- O homem de fevereiro ou março (anthology, 1973),
- O cobrador (short stories, 1979),
- A grande arte (novel, 1983),
- Bufo & Spallanzani (romance, 1986),
- Vastas emoções e pensamentos imperfeitos (novel, 1988),
- Agosto (novel, 1990),
- Romance negro e outras histórias (short stories, 1992),
- O selvagem da ópera (novel, 1994),
- Contos reunidos (short stories, 1994),
- O Buraco na parede (short stories, 1995),
- Romance negro, Feliz ano novo e outras histórias, (short stories, 1996),
- Histórias de Amor (short stories, 1997),
- Do meio do mundo prostituto só amores guardei ao meu charuto (novella, 1997),
- Confraria dos Espadas (short stories, 1998),
- O doente Molière (novella, 2000),
- Secreções, excreções e desatinos (short stories, 2001),
- Pequenas criaturas (short stories, 2002),
- Diário de um Fescenino (novel, 2003),
- 64 contos de Rubem fonseca (anthology, 2004).
- Books published in the United States
- High art, translation Ellen Watson. Harper & Row, New York, 1986;
- Bufo & Spallanzani translation Clifford E. Landers. Dutton, New York, 1990;
- Vast emotions and imperfect thoughts, translation Clifford Landers, Ecco Press Publisher, New York, 1998;
External links
Categories: Brazilian writers | 1925 births