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Luis Fernando Verissimo

Born

in Porto Alegre, Brazil

September 26, 1936

Died

August 30, 2025

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Entertainment

Influences

Paulo Mendes Campos, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Nascido em Porto Alegre e filho do também escritor Érico Verissimo, Luis Fernando Verissimo (Luís Veríssimo, na ortografia legal) é famoso por suas crônicas cheias de ironia humorística. Além de escritor, ele também é jornalista, publicitário, cartunista e tradutor. Entre suas paixões, estão a família, o time de paixão, Internacional de Porto Alegre, e o jazz sendo praticamente inseparável de seu saxofone.
Seus amigos o definem como "uma pessoa que fala escrevendo". Em público, ele é tímido e de forma alguma aparenta ser o autor de seus irreverentes textos. É considerado o escritor que mais vende livros no Brasil. ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 20,225 ratings · 1,072 reviews · 149 distinct works • Similar authors

	As mentiras que os homens contam 3.70 avg rating — 2,649 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comédias para se Ler na Escola 3.69 avg rating — 2,373 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Clube dos Anjos 3.82 avg rating — 1,575 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comédias da Vida Privada: 101 Crônicas Escolhidas 4.19 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borges and the Eternal Orangutans by Luis Fernando Verissimo, Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 2000 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Todas as Histórias do Analista de Bagé 3.88 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Os Espiões 3.58 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mesa Voadora 3.72 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diálogos Impossíveis 3.66 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Analista de Bagé 3.94 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Luis Fernando Verissimo (?)

“Excessive symmetry is either unnatural and conceals some human thought behind it, or else supernatural and conceals some mystery.”
― Luis Fernando Verissimo, Borges and the Eternal Orangutans

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“Imagine the marvels we would experience if we believed in the things in which we don't believe.”
― Luis Fernando Verissimo, Borges and the Eternal Orangutans

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“Intellectual controversies tend to be like dog fights without the teeth, in which the barking not the biting does the damage.”
― Luis Fernando Verissimo, Borges and the Eternal Orangutans

tags: humour, intellectuals

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