Joca Reiners Terron


João Carlos Reiners Terron, writing as Joca Reiners Terron, is a Brazilian poet, novelist, designer and editor.
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Biography

Terron was born in Cuiabá, in 1968. He studied Architecture at UFRJ and studied Industrial Design at UNESP. He has been living in São Paulo since 1995.
He was the founder and editor of the independent publishing house Ciência do Acidente. His works appeared on several anthologies published in Brazil and abroad, such as Geração 90: os transgressores , Os Cem Menores Contos Brasileiros do Século, Dentro de um livro, A Literatura latino-americana do século XXI, Contos Cruéis: as narrativas mais violentas da literatura brasileira contemporânea , Rattapalax and McSweeneys 46: The Latin American Crime Issue.
In 2013, Terron organized the collection Otra Língua, by publishing house, which launched Latin American authors until then unpublished in Brazil, such as Mario Levrero, Horacio Castellanos Moya, and Cesar Aira.
His 2017 book, Noite dentro da Noite'', was a finalist for the Jabuti Prize for Literature in the Romance category.

Works

Novels

Não há nada lá Curva de Rio Sujo Do fundo do poço se vê a lua Guia de ruas sem saída – Bolsa Petrobrás de fomento à Criação Literária. Illustrations by André Ducci, A tristeza extraordinária do Leopardo-das-Neves Noite Dentro da Noite A Morte e o Meteoro O Riso dos Ratos
  • ''Onde pastam os minotauros''

Short stories

Hotel Hell
  • ''Sonho interrompido por guilhotina''

Poetry

Eletroencefalodrama Animal anônimo
  • ''Transportuñol borracho''

Stage plays

Cedo ou tarde tudo morre – dirigida por Haroldo Rego e encenada no projeto Nova Dramaturgia Brasileira.Bom Retiro 958 Metros – com Teatro da Vertigem, direção de Antônio Araújo, encenada em São Paulo entre junho de 2012 e abril de 2013.

Awards