Leo Cunha (born June 5, 1966) is a Brazilian author. In 1994, he won the Jabuti Award for Best New Author.[1]
Career
editCunha was born in Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais. He has a degree in journalism and advertising and a postgraduate degree in children's literature from PUC-Minas. Cunha has a master's degree in information science and a doctorate in cinema from UFMG, with a thesis on comic heroes in the films of French filmmaker Francis Veber. Leo Cunha has published dozens of children's and youth books, as well as chronicles and translations.[2]
He served as a university professor and was a columnist for the film web-magazine Filmes Polvo, from 2008 to 2013.[3] Cunha is also a columnist for the Canguru News website, and is a founding member of the Association of Writers and Illustrators of Children's and Youth Literature (AEI-LIJ), in which he has held the position of general secretary.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Premiados do Ano | 64º Prêmio Jabuti". www.premiojabuti.com.br. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Escritor Léo Cunha será o homenageado na Feira Literária de Oeiras - FLOR em 2020 - Mural da Vila". www.muraldavila.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Filmes Polvo". 2009-01-07. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ Weway. "Literatura Infantil com Leo Cunha". Cidade das Artes (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-06.