[1][2] Geovani Martins was born July 18, 1991 in Bangu, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
[1] He only studied up to the eighth grade, then worked as a sign man and cafeteria attendant, among other low paying jobs.
In 2015, Martins presented at FLIP, the magazine Setor (contracted with Companhia das Letras) to launch his first book, O Sol na Cabeça.
Even before publication, the collection of short stories was sold to publishers in nine countries, including Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA), Faber & Faber (United Kingdom), Suhrkamp (Germany) and Mondadori (Italy), and has been published in 10 different languages.
[7] His works include a book of short stories titled O Sol na Cabeça (2018) and the novel Via Ápia (2022).