Dilma: Brazilian literature "loses a great name"
In a statement, President Dilma Rousseff expressed her solidarity with the family, friends, and readers of writer João Ubaldo Ribeiro, who died early Friday morning, and highlighted that Brazilian literature "has lost a great name."
Ivan Richard - Reporter for Agência Brasil
President Dilma Rousseff highlighted today (18) that Brazilian literature "loses a great name" with the death of writer João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In a statement, the president expressed solidarity with family, friends and readers.
João Ubaldo Ribeiro died in the early hours of today (18), aged 73, at home, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
A victim of pulmonary embolism, the writer was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) and had occupied chair number 34 since 1994. A journalist and political scientist, he authored more than 20 books, published in 16 countries. Among his main works are Sargento Getúlio (1971), Viva o Povo Brasileiro (1984), and O Sorriso do Lagarto (1989).