José Louzeiro

José de Jesus Louzeiro was a Brazilian novelist, screenwriter and reporter. Louzeiro was born in São Luís. He started working in 1948 as an intern for the newspaper O Imparcial. In 1953, when he was 21 years old, he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he worked for the magazine A Revista da Semana and O Jornal. Louzeiro also wrote for the newspapers Diário Carioca, Última Hora, Correio da Manhã, Folha and Diário do Grande ABC, as well as for the magazine Manchete.