Jefferson Tenório

Jeferson Tenório was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1977. He holds a PhD in Literary Theory from PUC-RS and was a visiting professor of Literature at Brown University in the United States. He made his debut in fiction with the novel O beijo na parede (Sulina, 2013), chosen as the Book of the Year by the Gaucho Writers Association. After Estela sem Deus (Zouk, 2018/ Companhia da Letras, 2022), published O avesso da pele (Companhia das Letras, 2020), a novel that won the Jabuti Prize, and whose rights have been negotiated to be translated into Portugal, Italy, England, France, Sweden, China, Belgium, Slovakia and the United States. In addition to his literary production, Tenório is a columnist for the portal Uol..
Em novembro de 2024, publicará De onde eles vêm (Companhia das Letras) is his most recent novel.