Bio

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.

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.