Forty-seven years in Brazilian television. Novels of the Amazon, in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Working between Rio de Janeiro and London.
Edilásio Barra Junior is from Pará, the land of açaí, and lived close to a decade in Amazonas, among its river communities, which he writes about from the inside.
Forty-seven years in television and forty-two in journalism: Rede Globo, TV Manchete, Rede CNT, Band Rio, Rede TV! and Rede Brasil Norte. He began at Globo in 1979, in its variety programming and the novelas Roque Santeiro and Guerra dos Sexos. He created and presented Programa VIP, a national success, interviewing over five thousand celebrities, artists, writers, actors and names in economics, finance and politics.
With undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, he lectured in communications and journalism at university for several years, wrote a signed column and recorded two albums. An honorary citizen of both the city and the state of Rio de Janeiro, he holds the Tiradentes Medal and is CEO of Vip Produções.
He also writes fiction, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and books on communication for journalism students.
On Amazon, for Kindle and in paperback.
Film, television and audio rights to these books, and translation rights into other languages, are negotiated directly with the author. The Portuguese-language editions for Brazil are already under contract.
Further novels, including new stories of the Amazon, are complete and as yet unpublished. Manuscripts are available on request.
