Marcus Freitas

Marcus Freitas (born 1959) is a Brazilian writer, poet and literary scholar. He was born in Belo Horizonte in 1959. He graduated from UFMG, before going on to pursue a PhD at Brown University. The subject of his thesis was the naturalist Charles Frederick Hartt; it was later published in book form and won the Premio Jabuti. His debut novel Peixe Morto was nominated for the Sao Paulo Literary Prize. Freitas teaches at UFMG.