Cristovão Tezza

Cristovão Tezza, one of Brazil’s foremost contemporary novelists, was born in 1952. He has published thirteen novels, including O Filho Eterno (The Eternal Son), which won every major literary prize in Brazil in 2008 and has been translated into seven languages. He was also the recipient of the Brazilian National Library Award in 1998 and the Brazilian Academy of Letters Award in 2004.

Additionally, he taught Portuguese at the Federal University of Paraná, and has published textbooks and articles in a number of magazines and newspapers. He is presently working on a book of short stories. Tezza lives in Curitiba, in the south of Brazil.

Website: http://www.cristovaotezza.com.br/index_english.htm

Books

• The Eternal Son: a novel (Author)