Emilio Fraia

EMILIO FRAIA nasceu em São Paulo, em 1982. É autor de Sebastopol (Alfaguara, 2018, terceiro lugar no Prêmio da Biblioteca Nacional, finalista do Prêmio Jabuti e semifinalista do Prêmio Oceanos), de Campo em branco (Companhia das Letras, 2013, em parceria com o artista DW Ribatski) e de O verão do Chibo (Alfaguara, 2008, em parceria com Vanessa Barbara, finalista do Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura). Foi um dos autores selecionados para a coletânea Os melhores jovens escritores brasileiros da revista britânica Granta. Teve sua ficção publicada nas revistas The New Yorker, One Grand e nas coletâneas Passageways, da Two Lines Press, e Cuentos en tránsito, da Alfaguara, na Argentina. Foi premiado com uma Civitella Ranieri Writing Fellowship, trad

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