João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (died 2014)

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor (1941–2014

João Ubaldo Ribeiro was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, being elected in 1994. At the time of his…