![]() Brazilians are a very brave people, and very tolerant. ![]() Moacyr Scliar for the spark of life."Įleanor Wachtel spoke with Moacyr Scliar in 2004, when he was in Toronto for the International Festival of Authors. When Yann Martel won the 2002 Booker Prize for Life of Pi, he said, "I'm indebted to Mr. He is known for his allegorical approach, which is playful but often troubling, and features surprising animals in the foreground. By the time of his death in 2011 at the age of 73, he had written over 60 books. He became a doctor and made a career in public health, but at the same time he was writing prolifically, authoring novels, short stories and nonfiction. ![]() The descendant of Russian Jews, he grew up in Bom Fim, a neighbourhood he likened to New York's Lower East Side. Moacyr Scliar was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1937. ![]()
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