Born 1952 · Brazil
Jabuti 2026 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Dance of Deceptions”
Milton Hatoum · 73 when first published
Novel · 256 pages · Family, Politics · O lugar mais sombrio, book 3
AI-generated summary:Late in the 1960s, with the military regime hardening and her son Martim drifting away, Lina resolves to write her own account of her life and those around her.
Jabuti 2009 · Shortlist
Órfãos do Eldorado
Milton Hatoum · 56 when first published
Novella · 164 pages · Love, Historical, Family
AI-generated summary:Sheltering from the sun by the Amazon, a traveller hears an old man the town calls mad recount his doomed passion for a strange orphan girl and his family's rubber fortune.
Jabuti 2006 · Winner
Cinzas do Norte
Milton Hatoum · 53 when first published
Novel · 278 pages · Coming of age, Politics, Family
AI-generated summary:Lavo, an orphan of modest means in 1950s Manaus, befriends Mundo, the wilful heir of a jute magnate, and follows his rebellion over a lifetime.
Jabuti 2001 · Winner
Dois Irmãos
Milton Hatoum · 48 when first published
Novel · 240 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:The twins Yaqub and Omar grow into bitter rivals in their Lebanese family's house in Manaus, watched by the servant's boy, who wonders which man there is his father.