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  • RIFF AGENCY

    BOLOGNA 2018

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    CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG READERS’

    AUERBACH, Patricia – Rights of the Little Reader .................................................................................... 3

    AUERBACH, Patricia; FRANCO, Blandina; LOLLO, José Carlos – The Fallen Moai ...................... 4

    CARRASCOZA, João Anzanello – Toy Box ..................................................................................................... 5

    COLASANTI, Marina – A Friend Forever ....................................................................................................... 6

    CONRADO, Laura; CARVALHO, Marina – Literary Friendship ............................................................. 7

    FRANCO, Blandina & LOLLO, José Carlos

    Tomás’ Gang ............................................................................................................................................................ 9

    Gas Series ................................................................................................................................................................ 10

    LISBOA, Adriana – A King Without Majesty .............................................................................................. 12

    REZENDE, Stella Maris – Because We Dreamt ......................................................................................... 13

    TAVANO, Silvana – The Poetry of Things ................................................................................................... 14

    RIFF SELECTION

    ACIOLI, Socorro – The Ghost Ballerina: Anabela In Four Acts ........................................................... 16

    CARRANCA, Adriana – Malala, the Girl Who Wanted to Go to School ............................................ 17

    GROSSOS, Vinicius – The Almost Ran Over Boy ....................................................................................... 18

    PRATA, Antonio – Naked, In Boots ............................................................................................................... 19

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    RIGHTS OF THE LITTLE READER (Direitos do pequeno leitor)

    Patricia Auerbach

    Companhia das Letrinhas, 2017

    48 pages

    When it comes to books and reading, adults have

    guaranteed rights – they can read whatever they want,

    when they want. But what about young readers? The ones

    who are just beginning to explore books: what are their

    rights? They can be the main character of a story, play with

    their favourite heroes, re-read a short story as many times

    as they want, or even give up reading a book half way

    through. This book was created to guarantee that all

    children are aware of all these rights and others, and so it

    will be easier to ensure they are respected.

    A manifesto in defence of allowing children to read without restrictions or obligations: from

    giving up reading a book half way through to taking inspiration from a character in a story

    to create their own adventures. Everything is permitted when it comes to developing our

    young readers.

    Translated sample available in English.

    Patricia Auerbach was born in São Paulo, in 1978. She studied Architecture, has worked as an art director and taught History of Art. Today, she teaches Art for kids at school, writes and illustrates books.

    Other titles:

    O lenço

    Brinque Book, 2013

    - Highly Recommended, by the

    National Foundation of Children and YA Book, 2013

    O jornal

    Brinque Book, 2012

    - Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize – Best Illustration Children’s/Young Reader 2012

    - National Foundation of Children and YA Book Award for Best Picture Book 2012

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    THE FALLEN MOAI (A queda dos Moais)

    Patricia Auerbach, Blandina Franco and Luis Carlos Lollo

    Escarlate, 2018

    64 pages

    The Fallen Moai is a story about the holidays of a boy named Joaquim.

    The narrative is a sequence of several independent texts, each of

    them written in a different text genre.

    Right on the first page, a travel agency leaflet advertises an Easter

    Island’s promotion; in sequence, in a comic book story, Joaquin’s

    father announces that the island is the family’s next holiday

    destination. And so the story goes, revolving around the mystery

    implicating the main tourist attraction in Easter Island, the Moai, who

    have all inexplicably fallen with their faces on the ground.

    At the end of the book, the text genres are introduced.

    Thirty text types (news, email, nursery rhymes, chronic, tale, epigraph, proverb etc.) and

    never-ending mess and misunderstanding turn this trip a fun and unforgettable experience!

    Full translation available in English.

    Blandina Franco is a Brazilian children’s writer. She has twice been awarded the Jabuti

    Prize, and keeps her awards on a shelf full of books, alongside a few pieces of Lego and

    several toy birds. Married to José Carlos Lollo, she shares not only all her publications with

    him, amounting to over 40 books, but also a desire to move to a house in the woods and

    spend her time making up stories. She has never visited Easter Island, but imagines it must

    be really great, and has always wondered if the Moai figures were buried with just their

    heads exposed to stop them from picking their big noses.

    José Carlos Lollo is a talented Brazilian designer, art director and illustrator of children’s

    literature. He was won awards, including Professional of the Year, Leão and Jabuti prizes, as

    well as some chocolate medals in school spelling contests, and takes good care of his awards,

    apart from the coins, which were eaten a long time ago. He has never visited Easter Island,

    but says he wants to go there and when he does he will draw every single Moai in one of his

    sketch books.

    Patricia Auerbach is a Brazilian writer who loves drawing, and so ends up illustrating most

    of her own books. Patricia has published 6 books and won various prizes, including the

    FNLIJ (National Children’s Book Foundation) award for best picture book for her book The

    Newspaper, and the children’s jury prize for The Scarf at the Bratislava Biennial of

    Illustration. She has never been to Easter Island, but she is planning to go there with

    Blandina and Lollo to celebrate the publication (and the success!) of this book.

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    TOY BOX (Caixa de brinquedos)

    João Anzanello Carrascoza

    SM Editora, 2017

    56 pages

    Ten short stories and mini short stories make up the book Toy Box.

    The narrative unit is guaranteed by the presence of the boy, unnamed

    child who invents and recreates, from situations of the collective

    imagination — the creation of the world, the adventures of D. Quixote

    —, universes, sensations and emotions fundamental for the

    recognition of the experience of living. With extreme sensibility and

    beauty, Larissa Ribeiro’s illustrations are shown in perfect harmony

    with the delicacy of the adventures experienced by the boy.

    Translated sample available in English.

    João Anzanello Carrascoza (São Paulo, 1962) has

    published more than 30 books, including short stories

    and novels for children and teenagers, several of them

    award winners. He has taken part in international

    programs for resident writers, such as Ledig House

    (USA) and Château Lavigny (Switzerland), and has

    had some of his works translated into English, French,

    Italian, Swedish, and Spanish. João also worked as a

    copywriter for two decades in big advertising agencies in the country.

    Other titles: O volume do silêncio Aos 7 e aos 40 SESI, 2007 Alfaguara, 2013 - Third place in the Jabuti Prize France: Anacaona -Finalist of the São Paulo Literature Prize

    2014 Aquela água toda -Longlisted for the Portugal Telecom Prize Alfaguara, 2012 -Included in the IBBY catalogue France: Joie de Lire for Latin America and the Caribbean - Second place in the Jabuti Prize -Best short stories book of 2012, from the São Paulo’s Art Critics Association - Highly Recommended, by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - Included in the White Ravens Catalogue 2013

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    A FRIEND FOREVER (Um amigo para sempre)

    Marina Colasanti

    FTD, 2017

    48 pages

    A Friend Forever is a masterpiece by Marina Colasanti. This book

    is not a tale of enchantment, but it contains traces of enchantment

    – or transcendence – in the way it narrates an episode in the life

    of the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira: in prison, in Cape Verde,

    he patiently gains the confidence and friendship of a bird.

    Guazzelli’s illustrations expand the horizons of the story,

    encouraging the reader to think about confidence, friendship,

    freedom and the small pleasures that can be enjoyed in the most

    adverse circumstances. The art work also helps enhance the

    narrative, by concealing a surprise. Fanny Abramovich’s

    Afterword underlines this work’s literary quality and the biographical notes on Luandino

    Vieira, by Benjamin Abdala Junior, and on Marina Colasanti by Ruth Rocha, contextualize

    and enrich this edition.

    Full translation available in English and Spanish.

    Marina Colasanti was born in the former Italian colony of

    Eritrea in 1937. As a child, her family moved back to Italy,

    from where they’ve emigrated to Brazil after the end of

    World War II. She is one of the most awarded female

    Brazilian writers, author of about 40 books, including works

    for children and young adults, short stories, novels, and

    essays. Graduated in Fine Arts, it is she who illustrates most

    of her books. Marina is also a renowned translator from

    English, French, and Italian.

    A Friend Forever sold to:

    Argentina: Calibroscopio

    Other titles:

    Breve história de um pequeno amor Uma ideia toda azul

    FTD, 2014 Global, 1979

    Colombia (Latin America): Alfaguara - Great APCA Prize

    - Winner of the Jabuti Prize - Highly Recommended, by the National

    - Book of the Year by the Brazilian Foundation of Children and YA Book Book Chamber - APCA Prize for Best Children’s Book

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    LITERARY FRIENDSHIP (Literalmente amigas)

    Laura Conrado e Marina Carvalho

    Record, 2018

    336 pages

    Gaby and Livia are inseparable friends who have been connected by

    the love for books and stories. Their dedication to literature led them

    to create “Literary Friendship,” a blog where they share with

    hundreds of followers their impressions on literary culture. Equal,

    but yet so different, Gaby and Livia have never expected to wish for

    the very same job position, in an important publishing house. And

    then, a rigorous selection process will depurate their friendship.

    Gaby is a Japanese descendent, an art graduate student, and a chaotic

    daydreamer. She loves to laugh. On the other hand, Livia is an

    assertive person, and has got well designed plans for her future, although she has been

    struggling to disguise her current dismay at life. Gaby is now living her “happy end” with

    Leo — their relationship is a romance real beyond the pages of a book. Livia dreams about

    living love just like her favorite characters. She has found a guy who meets her standards;

    however, it seems that he is not available — well, at least that is what it looks like.

    With her mind set on arts, Gaby faces financial trouble. But then, her heart is filled with hope

    when she suddenly finds a way out in something that seems to have popped out of a happy

    scene. There’s a position available at one of her favorite publishing houses; it is an ideal job

    to recover from her financial disaster and to be close to books.

    Livia’s life is written in pretty linear and well-knit chapters. One day, when she is feeling

    upset with how slow her life narrative flows, she hits a plot twist. There’s a position

    available at the best publishing house in the country; it is her dream job for which she has

    been preparing herself since the beginning of her career.

    Will their love for books, once the glue that held Gaby and Livia together, become the end of

    their literary friendship?

    Translated sample available in English.

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    Laura Conrado is the 2012 Jovem Brasileiro Award winner.

    Young adult fiction author, she wrote the acclaimed novels

    Freud, Help Me Out Here!, I Always Fall for the Wrong Guy,

    Shakespeare and Them, When Saturn Is Back, and Hooked in

    Myself Laura Conrado is celebrated by readers and by the

    Brazilian media for addressing deep topics in a fun way. Her

    writing is representative of the yearnings of a generation of

    young adult women and addresses important issues such as

    emerging adulthood and women’s empowerment.

    Marina Carvalho has already reached

    the number of 100.000 copies sold in

    Brazil. She was born in Ponte Nova, Minas

    Gerais. She loves reading: a great and

    cute novel, a good crime fiction, an

    unpretentious chick-lit or even the

    newspaper. She is a journalist graduate of

    Puc-Minas and has already worked as a

    Communication Advisor, at a private

    company, for seven years. Today, besides

    a successful young adult writer, selling

    thousands of all her books, she is a

    Portuguese and a Literature teacher.

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    TOMÁS’ GANG (A turma do Tomás)

    Blandina Franco e José Carlos Lollo

    Eleva Educação, 2017

    The illustrated children’s series Tomás’ Gang, another lovely project by Blandina and Lollo,

    focuses on teaching children social and emotional skills.

    In the first book in the collection, Tomás’ Box (58 pages),

    the children are introduced to Thomas and his gang. In the

    story, the protagonist experiences situations that evoke

    countless feelings, like anxiety, anger, love, rejection,

    jealousy, courage and confidence. Each of the 16 chapters

    contains a different feeling or emotion that relates to

    children’s experiences of life.

    In Geraldo’s Notebook (74 pages), Tomás’ gang are back,

    and the thematic focus is empathy. The story helps

    children understand that other people also have feelings,

    encouraging them to think about what those feelings are.

    Fernanda’s Papers (74 pages) is about how children feel in

    their relationships. It focuses on friendships (and

    hostilities), and family relationships.

    Full translation available in English for all the titles.

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    GAS SERIES (Série Pum)

    Blandina Franco e José Carlos Lollo

    Companhia das Letras

    Gas can be problematic in a person’s life. When it’s a dog

    with gas, you’ve got no chance! Now and again the gas

    escapes, makes a noise and it’s the adults who suffer! An

    entertaining and unusual book that will have both children

    and parents laughing out loud.

    It’s a simple story, but the premise is brilliant: imagine a

    pet dog called Gas! This gives rise to various puns, creating

    truly hilarious phrases and situations. For example, you

    cannot control Gas, Gas is noisy and it’s the adults that

    suffer, and on a rainy day wet Gas is even smellier than usual, all of which makes his young

    owner curl up in shame. Poor Gas. And poor Gas’s owner!

    But there’s nothing you can do about it. Gas is like that: no one can stop Gas escaping and

    causing trouble.

    It’s ‘Take Your Pet to School Month’, and finally Gas’ owner

    is going to let him mess around with his friends. He plays

    in the sandpit, won’t keep quiet in the geography class, and

    even ends up in the headmistress’s office. There’s nothing

    you can do about it, no one can control Gas.

    Now Gas is going to the park. But, of course, Gas ends up

    getting into more trouble! When his owner decides to let

    him off the lead, Gas escapes and causes major commotion.

    It’s as if with each day that passes it’s more difficult to

    control Gas...

    Full translation available in English for all the titles.

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    Blandina Franco writes children’s books. She

    found out that she wanted to write children’s

    book when she was over 40 of age, and once she

    started, she never stopped anymore.

    José Carlos Lollo illustrates children’s books.

    He is an awarded Art Director, who has worked

    for the biggest advertising agencies in Brazil,

    and who found out that what he likes to do best

    is to illustrate children’s books.

    Blandina Franco and José Carlos Lollo, together,

    have published over thirty children’s books in

    the last five years.

    Other titles:

    O peixe e a passarinha

    Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012

    A raiva

    Pequena Zahar, 2014

    China: Jieli Publishing Co.

    Portugal: Penguin Random House

    Turkey: Tudem Publishing Group

    - Third place in the Jabuti Prize

    O coiso estranho

    Companhia das Letrinhas, 2014

    Por que sou uma menina xadrez

    Matrix, 2015

    Restaurante animal

    FTD, 2015

    Ernesto

    Companhia das Letrinhas, 2016

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    A KING WITHOUT MAJESTY (Um rei sem majestade)

    Adriana Lisboa

    Rocco Pequenos Leitores, 2018

    32 pages

    In her new children’s book, the award-winning writer Adriana

    Lisboa introduces a poem that invites young readers to experience

    a new vision of the world. Via an inventive poetic game, the author

    creates metaphors to define a variety of everyday situations. The

    verses become almost a mantra, or even a rap to be said out loud,

    with claps on the beat.

    To further enrich this book, the illustrator Lúcia Brandão has

    designed images that create new metaphors based on those

    suggested by the author. In a colour palette full of strong contrasts,

    the artist leads the reader to become increasingly involved in the density of the poem.

    A King without Majesty can be read in many different ways by young readers, parents and

    teachers, which facilitates the mediation process, whether at home or in the classroom. The

    poetic game imagined by Adriana Lisboa and Lúcia Brandão’s illustrations creates an

    essential work for broadening children’s horizons.

    Translated sample available in English.

    Adriana Lisboa was born in Rio de Janeiro.

    A novelist, poet and short story writer, she

    is the author of the novels Sinfonia em

    branco (Symphony in White, José Saramago

    Prize), Azul corvo (Crow Blue, one of The

    Independent newspaper’s books of the

    year) and Hanói (Hanoi, one of the Brazilian

    newspaper O Globo’s books of the year),

    amongst other works. In the realm of

    children’s literature, she made her debut

    with Língua de trapos, which won the FNLIJ’s breakthrough author prize. Her books have

    been translated in over twenty countries. Her poems and short stories have been published

    in magazines such as Modern Poetry in Translation and Granta. She has lived in France and

    New Zealand, and currently resides in the USA.

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    BECAUSE WE DREAMT

    Stella Maris Rezende

    Globo Livros, 2017

    216 pages

    In Ponta Escura, a city created by the fertile imagination of the

    award-winning writer, young people are abandoned by their parents

    and live unusual situations. The Silly Dreamers group, formed by

    abandoned youths, tries to change this situation.

    One of the characters has theatrical ambitions, and theater becomes

    the driving motif of the story, as a possible way out of the curse that

    struck the city. The text contains language of the state of Minas Gerais

    and allusions to poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and writer

    Graciliano Ramos.

    Translated sample available in English.

    Stella Maris Rezende is from the town of Dores do Indaiá in

    the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. She has a Master’s in

    Brazilian Literature from the University of Brasília, and is a

    designer, singer, writer and actress. She has published dozens

    of books for both adult and young readers. In the late 1970s

    and early 1980s, she played the Bluestar Fairy in the

    television series Carrossel on the TV Manchete/Brasília

    channel, and Aunt Stella on the programme Recreio on TV

    Record/Brasília. She spent part of her childhood in the city of

    Belo Horizonte, moved to Brasília in 1962, and since 2007 has

    lived in Rio de Janeiro.

    Other titles: A mocinha do Mercado Central A guardiã dos segredos de família

    Globo Livros, 2011 Edições SM, 2011

    - Winner of the Jabuti Prize, 2012 - Second place in the Jabuti Prize, 2012

    - Book of the Year, by the - Barco a Vapor Prize, 2010

    Brazilian Book Chamber, 2012 - Bologna Catalogue 2012

    - Highly Reccomended by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - João-de-Barro Prize, 2008 As gêmeas da família Globo, 2013 - Second place in the Jabuti Prize, 2014 - APCA Prize for Best Book for Young Readers, 2013

    - Brasília Lierature Prize, 2014

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    THE POETRY OF THINGS (A poesia das coisas)

    Silvana Tavano

    SESI, 2017

    48 pages

    Poetry is presented in different things in this book — in

    the unfriendly door, on the nervous foot, and, more

    commonly, in a love story. But this story escapes from the

    conventional, as it is an ear and an earring discovering

    love. Silvana Tavano wrote the little poems and Adriana

    Fernandes did the illustrations. There was a perfect

    symbiosis between verbal and pictorial language. The

    cover and the title page have a musical pattern, with little

    birds representing the notes — after all, poetry is also

    music.

    Translated sample available in English.

    Silvana Tavano is a journalist and author. She

    graduated from the University of Communication

    and Arts of São Paulo and, since 2004, writes books

    for young readers.

    Other titles:

    Como começa?

    Callis, 2008

    Germany: Callis

    Italy: Callis

    Korea: ForeverBooks

    Poland: Opal

    Turkey: YKY

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    THE GHOST BALLERINA: ANABELA IN FOUR ACTS

    (A bailarina fantasma: Anabela em quatro atos) Socorro Acioli Companhia das Letras/Seguinte, 2016 192 pages

    Anabela’s father was the architect chosen to coordinate a project at

    the José de Alencar Theatre in Fortaleza: she could barely contain

    her excitement! The project involved preserving the original

    features of that wonderful entertainment venue which first opened

    over a century ago, in 1910.

    In no time at all, it became routine for Anabela to spend her

    afternoons in that old theatre doing her homework while her father

    worked. But the renovation project ended up unearthing mysteries

    hidden away many, many years ago… To Anabela’s surprise, a

    translucent ballerina dressed in blue appeared dancing on the stage and following her down

    the corridors. What on earth could she be doing there? And why is it that only Anabel can

    see her? Who is that ballerina and why is she making an appearance?

    Translated sample available in English.

    Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. She is a journalist

    and has a master’s degree in Brazilian literature and a PhD in literary

    studies. She started her writing career in 2001 and since then has

    published books in various genres, including children’s short stories

    and YA novels, and has received Brazil’s most prestigious award for

    children’s literature, the Jabuti Prize.

    Film option acquired by Gavulino Produções. Awards: - Highly Reccomended by the National Foundation of Children and YA Book - Winner of the Ceará Prize for cinema and video 2010 – Best Script Outros títulos:

    A cabeça do santo

    Companhia das Letras, 2014

    France: Belleville Editions UK: Hot Key Books USA: Delacorte Press - Jabuti Prize Finalist, 2015 - New York Public Library List of Best Books for Teens of 2016 - USBBY Outstanding International Books List, 2017 - LA Times Book Prize Finalist, 2017

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    MALALA, THE GIRL WHO WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL (Malala, a menina que queria ir para escolar)

    Adriana Carranca Companhia das Letrinhas, 2015 96 pages

    This bestseller by Adriana Carranca sold almost 100,000 copies

    in Brazil

    Malala Yousafzai became famous worldwide for her fight for the right

    to an education. Raised in a peaceful region of Pakistan, she saw her

    world change with the rise of the Taliban. Listening to music was now a

    crime; women were not allowed to go to the market; and girls were

    banned from school.

    Malala had been taught to stand up for what she believed in and she

    fought long and hard to continue studying, until, on October 9, 2012, it

    almost cost her life. Malala was shot in the head as she rode the bus to school, and few believed

    she would pull through.

    Today, Malala is a living example of the power of peaceful protest and is the youngest-ever

    winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. In this journalistic work for children, Adriana Carranca tells her

    story, and those of the two other girls shot in 2012, drawing a historical/political/cultural

    panorama of Swat, which she visited soon after the attacks.

    "As well as telling a true story, a kind of topsy-turvy fairy tale in which the main character does

    not want to get married but rather to study, the journalist Adriana Carranca, a special reporter

    with the Estado de São Paulo newspaper, creates for children and teenagers a genre that up until

    now has only been written for adults: the non-fiction novel".

    Full translation available in Spanish, translated sample available in English.

    Adriana Carranca is a special reporter for the Brazilian

    newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. She has extensively covered the

    war in Afghanistan and important events in Pakistan, Iran,

    Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Haiti, Mexico, USA, Great Britain,

    Uganda, Congo, South Sudan.

    Malala, the Girl Who Wanted to Go to School sold to:

    Germany: Hanser

    Latin America: Vergara & Riba

    Portugal: Penguin Random House

    Turkey: Epsilon

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    THE ALMOST RAN OVER BOY (O garoto quase atropelado)

    Vinícius Grossos

    Faro Editorial, 2015

    272 pages

    A boy suffered with a terrible event. To avoid getting crazy, he starts

    to write a diary which inspires him to restart doing something new

    every day.

    What he couldn’t imagine was that, by doing it, he would be open to

    know different people: the fox hair, the not-so-handsome James

    Dean and the purple hair girl, his life was changed forever!

    Prepare yourself to feel almost run over in an intense way, either by

    strong emotions from the first love, by the joy of a new friendship or

    by the discoveries that only happens on the limit-moments of our

    lives.

    Be alive and live are absolutely different things!

    Translated sample available in English.

    Vinícius Grossos is taurean, greedy reader and dreamer.

    He loves Italian food, cloudy days and coffee. He was born

    in 1.993, in Rio de Janeiro’s state, Brazil, he studies

    Journalism at graduation and one of the things he likes

    most is traveling in a country tour with his books to meet

    his readers.

    He debuted with his book Sereia Negra in an independent

    publication in 2014. After it, in 2015, O Garoto quase-

    atropelado (The Almost Run Over Boy) was published by

    the Faro Editorial and it reached the top 10 of the most

    sold books at Bienal do Livro from Minas. In 2016, he

    released the romance LGBT 1+1 – A Matemática do Amor,

    and in 2017, he was one of the authors in the Anthology

    O Verão em que tudo mudou.

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    NAKED, IN BOOTS (Nu, de botas)

    Antonio Prata

    Companhia das Letras, 2013

    144 pages

    Naked in boots, Antonio Prata revisits the most memorable events of

    his childhood. The memoirs are illuminations about the first years of

    the author’s life, told with the precision and humor to which his

    thousands of readers have become accustomed in Folha de S.Paulo,

    newspaper in which Prata has a weekly column since 2010.

    The first memories of his backyard, the neighbourhood friends, the

    vacations at the beach, the divorce of his parents, the Halley comet,

    Bozo and SBT cartoons, the first love, the sex discovered in porn

    magazines — all the sentimental education of a middle-class boy

    from São Paulo, born in the 1970s, is shown in Naked in boots. What is striking, however, is

    the peculiarity of his perspective. The texts are not the memories of the adult looking back

    and reviewing his journey with nostalgia or detachment. On the contrary, the author returns

    to the point of view of the child, who is amazed by the world and gives a very particular

    sense to it — a funny, mysterious, lyric, and enchanted one.

    Translated sample available in English.

    Antonio Prata é escritor, cronista e roteirista. Colaborou com a

    revista Capricho e o jornal O Estado de S. Paulo, além de ter escrito

    séries para a Globo, HBO, MTV e Multishow. Atualmente, assina coluna

    semanal no caderno Cotidiano da Folha de S. Paulo e é reconhecido

    como uma das vozes de maior destaque da nova geração de escritores

    nacionais.

    Awards:

    - Brasília Literature Prize

    Naked, in boots sold to:

    Portugal: Tinta da China

    Other titles:

    Felizes quase sempre

    Editora 34, 2012

    - Finalist of the Jabuti Prize

    Jacaré, não!

    Ubu, 2016

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    FICTION

    Adélia PRADO

    Adriana LISBOA (**)

    Adriana LUNARDI (**)

    Alberto MARTINS

    Alexandre VIDAL PORTO

    André TARTARINI

    Anna MONTEIRO

    Antonia PELLEGRINO

    Antonio PRATA

    Arthur DAPIEVE

    Beatriz BRACHER

    Carlos de BRITO E MELLO

    Carlos Eduardo PEREIRA

    Carlos Herculano LOPES

    Cintia MOSCOVICH

    Claudia TAJES

    Cristovão TEZZA (*)

    Emilio FRAIA

    Fernanda YOUNG

    Fernando SCHELLER

    Flavio CAFIERO

    Flávio CARNEIRO

    Flávio IZHAKI

    Giovana S. MADALOSSO

    Henrique RODRIGUES

    Ivana Arruda LEITE

    Jacques FUX

    João Luiz Anzanello CARRASCOZA

    José Luiz PASSOS (**)

    José Ricardo ALVES

    José Rubem FONSECA (**)

    Julia WAHMANN

    Leticia WIERZCHOWSKI

    Livia GARCIA-ROZA

    Lucrécia ZAPPI

    Luis Fernando VERÍSSIMO

    Lya LUFT

    Lygia Fagundes TELLES

    Marcela DANTÉS

    Marcelo FERRONI

    Marcelo MALUF

    Marcos PERES

    Maria Adelaide AMARAL

    Maria Valéria REZENDE

    Martim CARDOSO

    Noemi JAFFE

    Rafael GALLO

    Ricardo LÍSIAS

    Rodrigo LACERDA

    Sabina ANZUATEGUI

    Santiago NAZARIAN

    Sérgio RODRIGUES

    Tati BERNARDI

    Tércia MONTENEGRO

    Tony BELLOTTO

    Vanessa BARBARA

    Veronica STIGGER

    Vitor RAMIL

    NONFICTION

    Adriana CARRANCA

    Barbara VEIGA

    Beatriz AZEVEDO

    Bernardo MORTIMER

    Camila FURTADO

    Carlos DOMINGOS

    Ciça GUEDES

    Cora RÓNAI

    Dorrit HARAZIM

    Eduardo VIVEIROS DE CASTRO

    Eliane BRUM (**)

    Elio GASPARI

    Fabiana SANTOS

    Gerson CAMAROTTI

    Ivair GONTIJO

    João Gabriel Santana de LIMA

    João Silvério TREVISAN

    José CASADO

    Karla MONTEIRO

    Kledir RAMIL

    Larry ROTHER(**)

    Luiz Alberto HANNS

    Luiz Eduardo SOARES

    Malu GASPAR

    Marcia TIBURI

    Michelli PROVENSI

    Murilo FIUZA

    Patricia LINS E SILVA

    Patrícia Toledo de CAMPOS MELLO

    Paulo Cesar de ARAÚJO

    Pedro MARCONDES

    Ricardo NOBLAT

    Ricardo RANGEL

    Roberto DaMATTA

    Teté RIBEIRO

    Zuenir VENTURA

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    CHILDREN AND YA

    Adriana FALCÃO

    Alfredo SERTÃ

    Anna Bella GEIGER

    Anthony DOYLE

    Blandina FRANCO

    Carol SABAR

    Caroline CHANG

    Cecília VASCONCELLOS

    Fernanda de CASTRO E LIMA

    Fernanda VERÍSSIMO

    Gisela DE CASTRO

    João Luiz GUIMARÃES

    Laura CONRADO

    Luiz Claudio CARDOSO

    Marcelo PIRES

    Marcio VASSALLO

    Mariana VERÍSSIMO

    Marina CARVALHO

    Marina COLASANTI

    ONDJAKI (**)

    Patrícia AUERBACH

    Rosa Amanda STRAUSZ

    Silvana TAVANO

    Socorro ACIOLI

    Stella Maris REZENDE

    Suzana VARGAS

    Sylvia ORTHOF

    Vinicius GROSSOS

    Vivi MAUREY

    CLASSICS

    Ariano SUASSUNA

    Augusto Frederico SCHMIDT

    Caio Fernando ABREU

    Carlos DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE

    Érico VERÍSSIMO

    João CABRAL DE MELO NETO

    João UBALDO RIBEIRO (*)

    Jorge ANDRADE

    Jorge de LIMA

    José Cândido de CARVALHO

    Josué de CASTRO

    Manoel de BARROS

    Mª Julieta DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE

    Mario QUINTANA

    MILLÔR Fernandes

    Moacyr SCLIAR (**)

    Murilo MENDES

    Oswald de ANDRADE

    Otto Lara RESENDE

    Paulo Emílio SALES GOMES

    Paulo Mendes CAMPOS

    Paulo RÓNAI

    Rachel de QUEIROZ

    Ricardo RAMOS

    Sérgio PORTO

    (**) BRASIL ONLY

    (* ) FOREIGN RIGHTS

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