Verissimo, Luis Fernando

Luis Fernando Verissimo, son of writer Erico Verissimo, is one of Brazil's best-known literary figures . He is a cartoonist, saxaphone player, and the author of novels and newspaper cronicas. Margaret Jull Costa has translated the work of Jose Saramago, Eca de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, and Lidia Jorge, and a number of Spanish authors, most notably Javier Marias.