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Edgard Telles Ribeiro (Valparaíso, Chile, November 13, 1944) is a writer and retired diplomat based in Rio de Janeiro.

Biography
Edgard Telles Ribeiro began writing as a film critic for two Rio de Janeiro daily newspapers, O Correio da Manhã and O Jornal. He studied film at UCLA where he directed a number of short films. One of his films (Vietnam, a Journey in Time) was exhibited at the Director’s Fortnight at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. From 1978 to 1982 Mr. Telles Ribeiro taught film studies at the University of Brasília (UnB), while continuing his career as a diplomat for the Brazilian foreign service.

Literary career
Edgard Telles Ribeiro has authored a total of 13 books (3 books of short stories and 10 fiction novels) spanning a 30+ year publishing career, beginning in 1991 with O Criado Mudo (later published in english in 1994 titled I Would Have Loved Him If I Had Not Killed Him, St. Martin’s Press). His most recent work O Impostor (Todavia Livros) was released in April 2020 in portuguese. An english translation is forthcoming via Bellevue Literary Press. Among his literary awards are the Brazilian Academy of Letters Fiction Prize of 2006 for Olho de Rei, and the Brazilian edition of His Own Man (O Punho e a Renda) won the best novel of the Brazilian Pen Club in 2011. Other awards include two prestigious Jabuti awards, one for short stories (2005, 2nd place, Histórias Mirabolantes de Amores Clandestinos) as well as the Jabuti award for fiction (2006, 3rd place, Olho de Rei). His books have been prefaced by Antonio Candido, Ana Maria Machado, Ivan Junqueira, Moacyr Scliar, Carlos Augusto Calil e Alfredo Grieco, among others. Several of his works have been translated into English, Spanish, Dutch, and German (see bibliography below for details)

Fiction

 * —O Criado-mudo. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Brasiliense, 1991. 2nd edition: Editora 34, 1996, 3rd edition Editora Record, 2008.     English edition: I would have loved him if I had not killed him.  1st edition: St Martin's Press, EUA, 1994;      German edition: Die Brasilianerin. 1st edition: Rütten & Loening, Germany, 1995      Dutch edition: Eeen jonge Braziaanse. Uitegeverij Anthos, Holland, 1996.       Spanish edition. La Mesilla de noche.1st edition: Los Libros del Asteroide, Spain, 2007. 2nd and 3rd editions in 2008 and 2009.   — O livro das pequenas infidelidades. Portuguese, collected short stories. 1st edition: Companhia das letras, 1994; 2nd edition: Editora Record, 2004.  — Larvas azuis da Amazônia. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Companhia das letras, 1996.  — Branco como o arco-íris. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Companhia das letras, 1998.  — No coração da floresta. Portuguese, collected short stories. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2000.  — O manuscrito. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2002.  — Histórias mirabolantes de amores clandestinos. Portuguese, collected short stories. 1st edition: Editora Record 2004.   Winner: 2nd Place Jabuti Award for Fiction, 2006. Winner: 3rd place Portugal Telecom Award, 2005.  — Olho de rei. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2005.   Winner: Best Fiction Work, Brazilian Academy of Letters, 2006. Winner: 3rd Place Jabuti Award for Novel, 2006.  — Um livro em fuga. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2008.  — O punho e a renda. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2010.   Winner: Best novel Brazil Pen Club, 2011. 2nd edition revised: Editora Record 2014.
 * English edition: His Own Man . English, novel. 1st edition. Other Press, 2014.  — Damas da noite. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Record, 2014.  — Uma mulher transparente. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Todavia Livros, 2018.  — O impostor. Portuguese, novel. 1st edition: Editora Todavia Livros, 2020.  — Figuras de Bastidores. Portuguese, short story. Brazilian Academy of Letters Magazine, Year IV, Number 106, 2021.

Non-fiction
— Brazilian foreign service thesis, portuguese: Diplomacia Cultural, seu papel na política externa brasileira (“Cultural Diplomacy and Its Role in Brazilian International Relations”)

Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais (IPRI) /Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão / Ministério das Relações Exteriores, 1st edition: 1989; 2nd edition revised and annotated, 2011.

— Memoire, portuguese: Oásis, ma non troppo. Piauí magazine. Edition# 174, March 2021. https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/oasis-ma-non-troppo/

— Memoire, portuguese: Os claros da vida. Piauí magazine. Edition #183, Dec 2021. https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/os-claros-da-vida/

Interviews

 * Words without Borders Conversations: Clarice Lispector with Benjamin Moser and Edgard Telles Ribeiro. By Eric M.B. Becker, 28/09/2015