Writer died on Saturday (30) at the age of 88, after complications caused by pneumonia
ABL (Brazilian Academy of Letters) communicated lamenting that of the writer, at dawn on Saturday (30.2025), in Porto Alegre. The gaucho author died at the age of 88 because of complications caused by a severe picture of pneumonia.
The son of the writer Erico Verissimo, Luis Fernando was born on September 26, 1936 in Porto Alegre (RS) and lived part of his childhood and adolescence in the United States, before returning to Brazil. In addition to his contribution to literature, he also acted as a cartoonist and screenwriter.
ABL stressed the writer’s trajectory in his statement. Read A (PDF – 567 KB).
“Back in Brazil, he acted in advertising, before entering journalism. In the newspaper Zero Hora, his column was consolidated as a reference. It was also the columnist of the State of S.Paulo and O Globo. Throughout his career, he published more than 60 books – among chronicles, stories, novels, children’s literature and political satire – with broad popular recognition and translations for various languages. of private life ‘and’ the lies that men tell ‘made him one of the most beloved and successful authors in the country. ”
