Luiz Ruffato

Luiz Ruffato

Luiz Fernando Ruffato de Souza (Cataguases, Brazil, February 4, 1961) is a contemporary Brazilian writer.

Ruffato comes from a family of Italian immigrants and was the first of them to do university studies. Originally trained as a sales representative, he worked as a mechanic during the day and studied journalism during the night at the "Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora".