THE FIRST READER

One of the great literary publishers of our age reflects on the role an editor and publisher play in curating, guiding and protecting an author's work. Drawing on stories of intimate collaboration with some of the world's greatest writers, Schwarcz has written a linked series of meditations of relevance to anyone who seeks to serve creative forces, in the people around them and in themselves.

Luiz Schwarcz was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1956. He began his career as an editor at Brasiliense and later founded Companhia das Letras, in 1986. In 2017, he received the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of the children's books Minha vida de goleiro (1999) and Em busca do Thesouro da Juventude (2003), and the short story collections Discurso sobre o capim (2005) and Linguagem de sinais (2010).