![]() ![]() He claims that the fictional neighborhood in which the novel takes place was inspired by the real-life neighborhood of Del Castilho in Rio de Janeiro, where he used to visit his grandmother when he was a kid. Heringer's second novel, O Amor dos Homens Avulsos, came out in 2016 through Companhia das Letras, and tells the story "of two boys who fall in love with each other, but have their passion interrupted by a tragedy" it was nominated for the Prêmio Rio de Literatura, the São Paulo Prize for Literature and the Prêmio Oceanos. ![]() The following year, he published the critically acclaimed novel Glória, about a " plastic artist searching for an impossible woman", for which he received the prestigious Prêmio Jabuti in 2013. Heringer's debut work, the poetry anthology Automatógrafo, was released through 7Letras in 2011. Between 20 he had a weekly column in the magazine Pessoa, and also periodically wrote for the Pernambuco-based magazine Continente, among many others. Graduated in Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, before publishing his first books he worked at the Instituto Moreira Salles and at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa after obtaining a scholarship for the latter. Victor Doblas Heringer was born on March 27, 1988, to a family of German descent in Rio de Janeiro, in the bairro (neighborhood) of São Cristóvão, but was raised in Nova Friburgo. ![]()
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