117 Published BooksIgnácio de Loyola Brandão
Ignacio de Loyola Brandao (born 1936 in Araraquara in São Paulo) began his career writing film reviews and went on to work for one of the principal newspapers in São Paulo. Initially banned in Brazil, his novel Zero went on to win the prestigious Brasilia Prize and become a controversial bestseller. Brandão is the author of more than a half-dozen works of fiction, including Zero, Teeth Under the Sun, and Angel of Death, all of which are available or forthcoming from Dalkey Archive. In his career he has won the Prêmio Jabuti, the most important literary prize in Brazil.
