João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor.

When Ribeiro was two months old, the family moved to Aracaju, in the northeastern state of Sergipe.

He wrote several newspaper articles, some of which recounted his experiences in the city and which later formed the basis of his book Um brasileiro em Berlim (A Brazilian in Berlin).

In 1994, Ribeiro was inducted to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters), occupying seat 34.

In 2008, Ribeiro received the Prémio Camões, the most important Portuguese-speaking literary prize.

[2] He died at the age of 73 on July 18, 2014, at his home in the Leblon neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.