Wilson Bueno

Wilson Bueno was a major Brazilian literary figure and one of several experimental authors to emerge from the southern city of Curitiba in the late twentieth century, alongside Paulo Leminski and Alice Ruiz. His novels explore a wide range of styles and topics; his Mar paraquayo (1992), written in a unique mix of Portuguese, Spanish, and Guarani, was heralded as an instant classic. He was murdered in his home in late May 2010 in what was an all-too-common example of anti-gay violence; his confessed killer was acquitted by a jury and subsequently set free.