City of god book paulo lins biography

Biography of Paulo Lins

Paulo Lins was born on June 11, 1958, in Rio de Janeiro.

Paulo Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro and at age seven moved to the 'City of God' housing project.

Written by Paulo Lins, who grew up in the favela (shantytown) Cidade de Deus in Rio e Janeiro and who spent years researching its gang history, City of God.

City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives in Cidade de Deus, a favela.

Written by Paulo Lins, who grew up in the favela (shantytown) Cidade de Deus in Rio de Janeiro and who spent years researching its gang history, City of God.

City of God. by Paulo Lins, translated by Alison Entrekin.

When he turned seven years’ old, he moved to the Cidada de deus favela (City of Gods). Favelas are known for being very dangerous, low class, and overly pack. Lins was lucky to escape the violence of the favelas and become a great writer.

Lin’s father was a house painter and his mother a domestic helper.

The author, poet and scriptwriter Paulo Lins was raised in the Cidade de Deus or 'City of God' in the s and s, and saw the Rio de Janeiro favela he.

Lins and his family lived above the garbage collectors, delivery boys and street vendors who made less money than his family He took a courses in Grupo Cooperativa de Poetas and Later on he took an additional course at the University del Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

He was interested in poetry and music, especially samba.

He was part of the Poets Cooperative group. Later on he entered a course of Letters in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he began to write poetry. Lins worked as an assistant to the anthropologist Alba Zaluar, whose doctorate is based on City of God