Daniel Galera
Encyclopedia
Daniel Galera is a Brazil
ian writer
, translator
, editor
and musician
. He was born in São Paulo
, but was raised and spent most of his life in Porto Alegre
, until 2005 when he went back to São Paulo. He is considered by the critics to be one of the most influent new authors in Brazilian literature. Daniel is one of the founders of the publishing house Livros do Mal and had some of his works adapted into plays
and movies.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
and musician
Musician
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. He was born in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, but was raised and spent most of his life in Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, until 2005 when he went back to São Paulo. He is considered by the critics to be one of the most influent new authors in Brazilian literature. Daniel is one of the founders of the publishing house Livros do Mal and had some of his works adapted into plays
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
and movies.
Novels
- Mãos de Cavalo (Horse Hands), Companhia das Letras, 2006;
- Até o Dia em que o Cão Morreu (Until the day the dog died), Livros do Mal, 2003.
Short Stories
- Dentes Guardados (Stored Teeth) http://www.ranchocarne.org/pdf/dentes.pdf, Livros do Mal, 2001.
Participation in Anthologies
- Lusofonica: La Nuova narrativa in Lingua Portoghese, La Nuova Frontiera, Itália, 2006.
- Sex'n'Bossa, Mondadori, Itália, 2005;
- Contos de Bolso, Casa Verde, 2005;
- Os Cem Menores Contos Brasileiros do Século, Ateliê Editorial, 2004;
- Contos de oficina 24, WS, 2000;
- Literatura Século XXI, vol. 2, Blocos, 1999.