Eliane Brum

Eliane Brum was born in 1966 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul. She lives in Altamira, in the heart of the Amazon. A writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, she is the most awarded reporter in Brazilian history, having received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University (USA) in 2021 for her body of work. She founded the platform... Sumaúma — Journalism from the center of the world (sumauma.com), based in the Amazon, and is a columnist for the newspaper. El PaísHe published nine books, among which the following stand out. The collector of remaining souls (finalist of National Book Prize), One, two, or Brazil, builder of ruins.His work has been translated into several languages: United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, and Taiwan. My Misadventures — the story of my life in words. It was the author's first book published in Portugal, by Companhia das Letras, in 2024. Banzeiro òkòtó — A journey to the Amazon, center of the world This is her most recent work, and it was instrumental in Eliane Brum being recognized, in 2025, as the most important thinker in the world by the British magazine. Prospect Magazine.