Marcelo Rubens Paiva

Marcelo Rubens Paiva is a Brazilian writer born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the son of Rubens Paiva, who disappeared during Brazil's military dictatorship in 1971. When jumping off a waterfall, Paiva fractured his spine and became tetraplegic. In 1983, after extensive physiotherapy, he gained the movement of both arms and hands and wrote Feliz Ano Velho, an autobiographical recollection of these events and his entire life. Marcelo Rubens Paiva is a writer, screenwriter and playwright.