Klévisson Viana
Klévisson Viana is a Brazilian cordel literature poet, comics artist and editor. In 1995 he founded the Tupynanquim publishing house, specialized in comics and cordel. He is also a member of the Brazilian Cordel Literature Academy. He started working as illustrator in 1988, at the age of 15, in the newspaper A Voz do Povo, in Canindé. He won the Troféu HQ Mix three times: best national graphic novel in 1999, best adventure and fiction magazine in 2001 and best national special edition in 2004. Viana also won the third place in Prêmio Jabuti in 2014 with the adaptation of The Guarani in cordel.