João Almino is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian novelist. He is the author of The Brasília Quintet, which consists of the novel

Novel

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s Ideas on Where to Spend the End of the World, Samba-Enredo, The Five Seasons of Love (first published in Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 by Editora Record; published in Spanish

Spanish language

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 by Alfaguara, México, and by Corregidor, in Argentina

Argentina

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; Casa de las Americas 2003 Literary Award

Casa de las Américas Prize

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; in English

English language

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 by Host Publications, 2008); The Book of Emotions (Editora Record, 2008) and "Cidade Livre" ("Free City", Editora Record, 2010; Passo Fundo Zaffari & Bourbon Literary Award for best novel published in Portuguese from May 2009 to May 2011). He has also authored books of philosophical and literary essays. He taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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 (UNAM), at the University of Brasília

University of Brasília

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 (UnB), the Instituto Rio Branco, Berkeley and Stanford

Stanford University

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External links

• K. David Jackson, "Writing the futuristic city: Brasília' s Five Seasons of Love"
• Joao Cezar de Castro-Rocha, "An author for all seasons: Joao Almino's work in progress"
• Interview ig.com
• Almino y la inquieta literatura brasileña
• Guillermo Lescano Allende, "Dios no piensa en números redondos"
• João Almino
• João Almino on Facebook