João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-01-23

Deathday 2014-07-18 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Biography

João Ubaldo Osório Pimentel Ribeiro ComM (Itaparica, January 23, 1941 — Rio de Janeiro, July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer and winner of the 2008 Camões Prize. Ubaldo Ribeiro had some works adapted for television and cinema, in addition to being distinguished in other countries, such as Germany. He is the author of novels such as Sargento Getúlio, O Sorriso do Lagarto, A Casa dos Budas Ditosos, which caused controversy and was banned in some establishments, and Viva o Povo Brasileiro, the latter of which was highlighted as a samba-enredo by the samba school Império da Tijuca, during the 1987 Carnival.

Known For

Writer

2007
2003
God Is Brazilian

as Screenplay

2003
God Is Brazilian

as Short Story

2000
Brava Gente

as Novel

2000
Brava Gente

as Writer

1996
Tieta of Agreste

as Screenplay

1994
1983
1983
Sargento Getúlio

as Screenplay

Creator

2008
1991