Emil Farhat

Emil Farhat was a Brazilian writer. He was born in Maripá de Minas to a family of Arab immigrant origin. He worked as a journalist and marketing professional; in the latter capacity, he rose to become the head of the Brazilian branch of the American ad firm McCann Erickson.
As a writer, he won the 1988 Premio Jabuti for his epistolary novel Dinheiro na Estrada. It recounted the immigrant experience of his Lebanese ancestors. He was one of several Arab-Brazilian writers who explored their ancestral roots in their fiction. Other notable works by Farhat include:O País dos Coitadinhos Outras obras destacadas: Educação, a nova ideologia O Paraíso do Vira-Bosta Memórias Ouvidas e Vividas
He died in São Paulo in 2000.