João Gilberto Noll was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1946 His first book of stories, O cego ea dançarina, was released in 1980 He published several novels, including "Bandoleiros", "A view of the sky" are mentioned, "Harmada "and" im Bellagio Berkeley ". Among other honors, he received the Jabuti Award and the top prize of fiction of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. By Adriana Hidalgo has published "Lord", "Bandits", "Harmada" and "Open Sky"