Edgard Telles Ribeiro

Edgard Telles Ribeiro (born 1944) is a Brazilian writer and diplomat. He was born in Valparaiso, Chile, into a diplomatic household and thus had a peripatetic childhood, mostly in Europe. He studied film at UCLA. He has written more than a dozen books of fiction, among which several have been translated into English:

• As If By Magic
• His Own Man
• I Would Have Loved Him If I Had Not Killed Him
• The Impostor

His most recent book Jogo de armar was nominated for the Premio Jabuti. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

On 11 December 2024, he was elected to occupy the Chair number 27 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in succession to Antonio Cicero. ^[4]

References

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2. "Edgard Telles Ribeiro | Contributor | Scribe UK". scribepublications.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
3. "Edgard Telles Ribeiro". Bellevue Literary Press. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
4. "Edgard Telles Ribeiro é eleito para a Academia Brasileira de Letras". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-04.