Luiz Schwarcz author biography, plus links to books by Luiz Schwarcz.

Luiz Schwarcz

Luiz Schwarcz was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1956. He began his career as an editor at Brasiliense and later founded Companhia das Letras, in 1986. In 2017, he received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2024 he won won the 2024 Cesare de Michelis Life Achievement Prize. He is the author of the children's books Minha vida de goleiro (1999) and Em busca do Thesouro da Juventude (2003), and the short story collections Discurso sobre o capim (2005) and Linguagem de sinais (2010)

This biography was last updated on 10/06/2026.

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