Name Rodrigo Leao | Role Journalist | |
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Rodrigo Antonio de Souza Leão (Rio de Janeiro, 4 November 1965 – Rio de Janeiro, 2 July 2009) was a Brazilian journalist, musician, poet, writer and painter.
Souza Leão was a prolific writer. He published more than ten books of poetry and co-founded and co-edited the electronic poetry magazine Zunái. He is the author of the novels "All Dogs Are Blue" [Portuguese: "Todos os Cachorros São Azuis"] (adapted for theatre by Ramon Mello), "My Days Were Numbered, and Some of Them Went Missing" [Portuguese: "Me Roubaram Uns Dias Contados"] (the novel is set to be adapted for cinema in 2013), "The Schizoid – Heart in The Mouth" [Portuguese: "O Esquizoide – Coração na Boca"] (the novel is to be adapted for cinema in 2013 by Felipe Bragança), and "Ruled Carbon" [Portuguese: "Carbono Pautado"].
His most famous novel, "All Dogs are Blue", has been translated into English by Zoë Perry and Stefan Tobler and was published by And Other Stories in 2013.
