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Paulo Lins
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Paulo Lins was born
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1958.
Lins grew up in Brazil’s most notorious favela, known to its residents as Cidade de Deus, the City of God. His 1997 novel Cidade de Deus was made into a film in 2003.
Lins was co-founder of the Cooperativa de Poetas, a group set up in the
70s to give young authors the chance to publish their work. His poetry
collection Sob o Sol (Under the Sun) was a result of this cooperation.
He is a member of the jury of the renowned Premio Casa de las Américas.
He is currently working on a book about slavery in Brazil since the
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