Marco Oliveira

Marco Alexandre de Oliveira is a professor, translator, and writer. He earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of South Carolina. He has taught several academic courses and written a number of scholarly articles on the topics of art, literature, and culture. His alter-ego, Gringo Carioca, is a poet and visual artist based in Rio de Janeiro, whose work has been published in books and journals and exhibited in galleries and museums both in Brazil and abroad.