What is João Ubaldo Ribeiro?
[[File:Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro.jpg|thumb|Ribeiro in January 2009.]] '''João Ubaldo Osório Pimental Ribeiro''' (23 January 1941 &ndash; 18 July 2014) was a [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] [[writer]]. His best known [[novel]] was ''An Invincible Memory'' which was a success in the [[English language|English-speaking]] world. Several of his books and [[Short story|short stories]] have been made into [[movie]]s and [[TV series]] in [[Brazil]]. Ribeiro was born in [[Itaparica, Bahia|Itaparica]], [[Bahia]]. He had been married three times and had four children. Ribeiro died from a [[pulmonary embolism]] on 18 July 2014 in [[Rio de Janeiro]], aged 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2014/07/morre-no-rio-o-escritor-joao-ubaldo-ribeiro.html|title=Morre no Rio o escritor e acadêmico João Ubaldo Ribeiro, aos 73 anos|publisher=[[Organizações Globo]]|language=Portuguese|date=18 July 2014|accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0722882}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro, Joao Ubaldo}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:People from Bahia]] [[Category:Brazilian novelists]] {{Bio-stub}}