Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–96) was born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1948. An award-winning journalist, writer, and dramatic adviser, he portrayed like no other the myriad contradictions of urban Brazil. In 1968, he was put on the wanted list of the Department for Political and Social Order, and in the 1970s he spent time in self-exile in Europe. Read More His books, written in a personal and economic style, speak of love, fear, death and, above all, of the anguish of human loneliness. His novels, short stories, plays, and memoirs have been translated into numerous languages.