Benedito Ruy Barbosa

Benedito Ruy Barbosa was a Brazilian screenwriter, journalist, and author of many Brazilian telenovelas. He made his debut as a television writer with Somos Todos Irmãos, which aired on TV Tupi in 1966. Barbosa continued to write for a variety of television networks until he signed as a writer for TV Globo in 1976. He left Globo in 1990 for TV Manchete; after writing Pantanal for Manchete, he returned to TV Globo where he wrote Renascer and O Rei do Gado.