Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Marcelo Rubens Paiva is a Brazilian writer born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the son of Rubens Paiva, who disappeared during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971.
When jumping off a waterfall, Paiva fractured his spine and became tetraplegic. In 1983, after extensive physiotherapy, he gained the movement of both arms and hands and wrote Feliz Ano Velho , an autobiographical recollection of these events and his entire life.
Marcelo Rubens Paiva has also written Blecaute, Ua:brari, As Fêmeas, Bala na Agulha, Não és Tu Brasil, Malu de Bicicleta and O Homem que Conhecia as Mulheres.
Since 2003, he has been writing a for the Brazilian newspaper Estadão.
