Ignacio de Loyola Brandão

Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (born 31 July 1936) is a Brazilian writer, perhaps best known as the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel ''Zero''; the story of Brazil in the 1960s under a totalitarian regime. In 2008, he was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti for his novel ''O Menino que Vendia Palavras'' (The Boy who Sold Words). Provided by Wikipedia