BOOKS

> The Mid 70'S

Trilogy "Gaúcha"

> 1 Che Bandoneón

> 2 The Man from the Motor Car

> 3  Netuno's Boys

> The Great Thief

Trilogy "Paulistana"

> 1 Sonata of the Last City

> 2 The Journalists

> 3 Memphis Building

> Voyage to the Wick of the Candle

> Participation in anthologies

Guimarães Rosa Prize for Novels
for "Netuno's Boys"
Belo Horizonte, 1981

Bastos Tigre Prize for Journalism
Bayer/ABI -- Brazilian Association Press
for a report in defense of the preservation of historical buildings in Brazil

Bienal Nestlé Prize for Brazilian Literature
category: short stories, for "The Man from the Motor Car"
São Paulo, 1984

Jabuti Prize
category: novel, for "Sonata of the Last City"
São Paulo, 1989

Aquilino Ribeiro Prize
Lisbon Academy of Science, for "Che Bandoneón"
Lisbon, 1992

Júlia Mann Literary Prize
category: short stories; Goethe Institute
São Paulo, 1997

Marengo D’Oro International Prize
Category: novel, for “Voyage to the Wick of the Candle”
Italy, 2002

Érico Verissimo Prize
Union of Brazilian Writers
Category: novel, for “Voyage to the Wick of the Candle”
Rio de Janeiro, 2002