João Carlos Reiners Terron (born 9 February 1968), writing as Joca Reiners Terron, is a Brazilian poet, novelist, designer and editor.[1]
Biography
Terron was born in Cuiabá, in 1968. He studied Architecture at UFRJ and studied Industrial Design at UNESP. He lives in São Paulo since 1995.
He was founder and editor of the independent publishing house Ciência do Acidente. His works appeared on several anthologies published in Brazil and abroad, such as Geração 90: os transgressores (Boitempo, 2003), Os Cem Menores Contos Brasileiros do Século (Ateliê Editorial, 2004), Dentro de um livro (Casa da Palavra, 2005), A Literatura latino-americana do século XXI (Aeroplano Editora/Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2005), Contos Cruéis: as narrativas mais violentas da literatura brasileira contemporânea (Geração Editorial, 2006), Rattapalax and McSweeneys 46: The Latin American Crime Issue (2014).[2]
In 2013, Terron organized the collection Otra Língua, by Rocco publishing house, which launched in Brazil names like Mario Levrero, Horacio Moya, Cesar Aira, among others. The collection, dedicated to publishing Hispanic-American authors and their respective works previously ignored by the Brazilian market, has thus been filling the gaps that existed for this segment in the country.[3]
His 2017 book, Night within the Night, was a finalist for the Jabuti Prize for Literature in the Romance category.[4]