Edgard Telles Ribeiro (born 1944) is a Brazilian writer and diplomat. He was born inValparaiso, Chile, into a diplomatic household and thus had a peripatetic childhood, mostly in Europe. He studied film at UCLA. He has written more than a dozen books of fiction, among which several have been translated into English:
His most recent bookJogo de armar was nominated for the Premio Jabuti.[1][2][3]
On 11 December 2024, he was elected to occupy the Chair number 27 at theBrazilian Academy of Letters, in succession toAntonio Cicero.[4]
