Marçal Aquino

He released his first book of short stories, As fomes de setembro (The Famines of September) in 1991 to get the fifth Biennial Nestlé Prize in Literature.

In 1994, Aquino wrote the script for Os Matadores (The Killers), a film directed by Beto Brant.

In 2001, he was awarded the Jabuti Prize for the work O amor e outros objetos pontiagudos (Love and Other Sharp Objects).

In 2002 he published the novel O Invasor (The Invader), and the screenplay for the eponymous film, also directed by Brant.

[3] In 2005, he published the novel Eu receberia as piores notícias dos seus lindos lábios (I Would Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips), again turned into a film by the same director, in 2012.