His writings are often classified within the magical realism genre, although he denied the label; his books deal with social and political criticism, with lyrical overtones.
Veiga was born in 1915 at Fazenda Morro Grande[citation needed], a farm near Corumbá de Goiás.
[1] At age 20, he established himself in Rio de Janeiro where, among other jobs, worked as locutor of the currently defunct Rádio Guanabara.
[1] He was also translator and editor of the Brazilian edition of Reader's Digest and coordinated the publishing department of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.
[4] His works have been published in the United States, England, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Portugal.