Raduan Nassar

Raduan Nassar is a Brazilian writer. The son of Lebanese immigrants, he moved to São Paulo when he was a teenager. He studied Law and Philosophy at the University of São Paulo. In 1970, he wrote Um Copo de Cólera, published in 1978. His literary debut was in 1975, when Lavoura Arcaica was released. The Brazilian cinema adapted both of his books. In 1997, Menina a Caminho, a book of short stories written during the 1960s and 70s, was released.

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