João Ubaldo Ribeiro

João Ubaldo Osório Pimentel Ribeiro ComM Itaparica January 23 1941 Rio de Janeiro July 18 2014 was a Brazilian writer and winner of the 2008 Camões Prize Ubaldo Ribeiro had some works adapted for television and cinema in addition to being distinguished in other countries such as Germany He is the author of novels such as Sargento Getúlio O Sorriso do Lagarto A Casa dos Budas Ditosos which caused controversy and was banned in some establishments and Viva o Povo Brasileiro the latter of which was highlighted as a sambaenredo by the samba school Império da Tijuca during the 1987 Carnival