Luiz Schwarcz

Luiz Schwarcz was born in S?o Paulo, in 1956. He began his career as an editor at Brasiliense and later founded Companhia das Letras, in 1986. In 217, he received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of the children's books Minha vida de goleiro (1999) and Em busca do Thesouro da Juventude (23), and the short story collections Discurso sobre o capim (25) and Linguagem de sinais (21).