Rubem Fonseca is considered one of Brazil’s most influential writers, and was awarded the Pr&eacute;mio Cam&otilde;es&mdash;considered the Nobel Prize of Portuguese language literature&mdash;for his body of work in 2003. That same year he was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize. He is the author of eight novels, including <i>High Art</i>, <i>Vast Emotions and Imperfect Thoughts</i>, and <i>Bufo & Spallanzani</i>, all of which have been published in English translation. One of his famous characters is Mandrake, a cynical and amoral lawyer and the basis for an HBO series. /images/rubem_fonseca.jpg 2008-03-17T12:38:57-07:00 Rubem 6 Fonseca fonseca 2008-04-04T07:18:25-07:00