Rubem Fonseca
Writing
- Born
- May 11, 1925 · Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Died
- April 15, 2020 (age 94)
Rubem Fonseca (born May 11, 1925) is a Brazilian writer.
He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, but he has lived most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career as a low-level cop and, later became a police commissioner, one of the highest ranks in the civil police of Brazil. Following the steps of American novelist Thomas Pynchon, a close friend of Fonseca, he refuses to give interviews and feels strongly about maintaining his privacy.
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Known for
The Man of the Year
August 1, 2003
Cobrador: In God We Trust
November 15, 2007
High Art
June 1, 1991
Bufo & Spallanzani
August 31, 2001
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
November 29, 1971
Mandrake
November 10, 2012
Stelinha
January 1, 1990
A Married Man's Report
January 1, 1974
Armpits
May 5, 2016
A Extorsão
November 6, 1975
Sidewalk Angels
August 13, 2017
Night Drive
May 31, 2026
Behind the camera12
- 2026Night Drive Story
- 2017Sidewalk Angels Novel
- 2016Armpits Writer
- 2012Mandrake Novel
- 2007Cobrador: In God We Trust Story
- 2003The Man of the Year Screenplay
- 2001Bufo & Spallanzani Novel, Screenplay
- 1991High Art Writer, Novel
- 1990Stelinha Screenplay
- 1975A Extorsão Writer