Luis Eduardo Matta
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Luis Eduardo de Albuquerque Sá Matta (Rio de Janeiro, November 21, 1974), known as Luis Eduardo Matta, is a Brazilian author of thrillers and essayist.
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Luis Eduardo Matta, of Roman Catholic Lebanese origin, is considered one of the most important mystery and suspense authors in Brazil. His first novel, Conexão Beirute-Teeran (The Beirut-Tehran Connection) was published in 1993, when the writer was eighteen years old. Matta has also written other books of adult and young adult fiction, including Ira Implacável: Indícios de uma Conspiração (Implacable Range: Hints of a Conspiracy), 120 Horas (120 Hours), Morte no Colégio (Death at School), Roubo no Paço Imperial (Robbery in the Imperial Palace), and O Véu (The Veil).
Many of his essays, published in cultural magazines, focus on literature and deal with the problems of reading in a contemporary world pervaded by an audiovisual culture. In 2003, Matta wrote a polemic manifesto in which he argues for the role of entertainment literature in instilling love for and habit of reading books among young people. Luis Eduardo Matta shares his time between his apartment in Copacabana, a famous neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, and a country house in the rural village of Maricá.
