Rubem Fonseca

Known for

Writing

Born

May 11, 1925

Birthplace

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Died

April 15, 2020 (aged 94)

Biography

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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