ESPAÑOL PORTUGUÊS |
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I was born in São Paulo and was raised in Santos, a very charming town by the sea. That is why I like to think of myself as santista . I came back to São Paulo to attend college and graduate school. I lived for a while in the United States: the fist time in Boston, later on in Providence, where I did my post-doctorate at Brown University. I am now full professor at the State University of Campinas.
I have always enjoyed reading and writing. That is why I graduated in Literature, and Literary Theory was the area of my Master and PhD. I teach a lot of courses, advise a lot of students, go to many conferences, do research, have received some awards and - unavoidably, I guess, in the modern university - go to too many meetings. I have written quite a lot of books and articles, almost always about other people’s books and essays.
Recently, I have finally gathered courage and wrote and published a novel: Open Destiny… a novel of my own! I can hardly believe it!