Julián Fuks (born 1981) is a Brazilian writer.
Fuks was born in São Paulo to Argentine parents, who left their country fleeing from the dictatorship. [1] He graduated in journalism and has a master's degree in literary theory at University of São Paulo.[2] He has worked for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo and for the magazine Cult. His first book Fragmentos de Alberto, Ulisses, Carolina e eu was published in 2004. He has since published several more books, winning a number of literary prizes. His 2015 autofictional[3] novel Resistance won the Jabuti Award for Book of the Year (2016),[4] the Oceanos Prize (2016), the José Saramago Literary Prize (2017) and the Anna Seghers Prize (2018).[5] It has been translated into English by Daniel Hahn.[6]
Fuks was chosen as one of Granta magazine's Best of Young Brazilian Novelists in 2012.[7] He worked with Mia Couto as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.[8] He lives in São Paulo.