01
2005
Matias na cidade
Solitude, desire, and choice in the urban experience of São Paulo.
Alexandre
Vidal Porto
Alexandre Vidal Porto is a writer and career diplomat. He spent his childhood in São Paulo and his youth in Fortaleza. He worked as a lawyer and holds a master's degree in law from Harvard University. He wrote a blog for Bravo! magazine and was a columnist for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
Read moreRead less
He is the author of the novels Matias na cidade (2005; revised edition, 2023); Sergio Y. vai à América (2014), winner of the Paraná Literature Prize; Cloro (2018), a finalist for the Jabuti Prize; Sodomita (2023), winner of the Mix Literário Prize and of the Brazilian National Library's Machado de Assis Prize; and Só depois entenderei (2026) — all published by Companhia das Letras.
Over the years he has lived in São Paulo, Fortaleza, Brasília, New York, Santiago de Chile, Cambridge, Washington, Mexico City, Tokyo and Frankfurt. Alexandre is fond of animals, of walking and of conversation with friends. He now lives in Amsterdam with his husband and their two dogs.
Latest novel · 2026
Só depois entenderei
A clandestine love, the early internet, and what time reorganizes in memory.
Discover the book02
2014
Sergio Y.
Identity, displacement, and the limits of fully understanding another person.
03
2018
Cloro
Desire, repression, a double life, and late self-recognition.
04
2023
Sodomita
History, persecution, desire, and freedom in colonial Brazil.
05
2026
Só depois entenderei
A clandestine love, the early internet, and what time reorganizes in memory.
Alexandre
A trajectory between literature, diplomacy, and cities.
Alexandre Vidal Porto is a writer and career diplomat. He spent his childhood in São Paulo and his youth in Fortaleza. He worked as a lawyer and holds a master's degree in law from Harvard University. He wrote a blog for Bravo! magazine and was a columnist for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
Learn more about the authorCONTACT
Invitations,festivals,press andliteraryevents.
Use the form to send invitations, participation proposals, press inquiries, or other messages related to the author's schedule.
Photography