Bernardo Carvalho

Bernardo Teixeira de Carvalho (born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian author and journalist.

Career He graduated in journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1983. In 1986 he began writing for Folha de S.Paulo, where he was the editor of the essay section “Folhetim", and was a Paris and New York correspondent for the newspaper.

In 1993 he got a master's degree in cinema at the University of São Paulo's School of Communications and Arts. Between 1998 and 2008 he was a columnist for Folha's culture section Ilustrada.

Awards and recognitions 2003 Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte prize of Best Novel for Mongólia Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature for Nove Noites 2004 Jabuti Prize -Literary Novel — 1st place for Mongólia. 2008 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for O Sol se Põe em São Paulo 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for O Filho da Mãe 2014 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category for Reprodução

2014 Jabuti Prize -Literary Novel — 1st place for Reprodução.