Leandro Sarmatz

{{Short description|Brazilian writer and journalist}}

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Leandro Sarmatz is a Brazilian writer and journalist. He was born in Porto Alegre and now lives in São Paulo. He studied at PUC-RS.{{Cite web|last=Dick|first=André|title=Leandro Sarmatz|url=http://www.ihuonline.unisinos.br/artigo/1669-invencao-9|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.ihuonline.unisinos.br|language=pt-br}} Sarmatz was an editor at the publishing house Companhia das Letras, leaving it in 2016 to establish a new publishing house, Todavia.{{Cite web|title=Editora Todavia mira o público deixado pela Cosac Naify {{!}} VEJA Meus Livros|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/blog/meus-livros/todavia-mira-o-publico-deixado-pela-cosac-naify/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=VEJA|language=pt-BR}} He is also a columnist and journalist for a number of Brazilian media outlets.

He is the author of the play Mães e sogras (2000), the poetry collection Logocausto (2009) and the short story collection Uma fome (2010). He was named by Granta magazine as one of the best young writers in Brazil.{{Cite web|title=Leandro Sarmatz|url=https://granta.com/contributor/leandro-sarmatz/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Granta|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Revista Pessoa|url=https://www.revistapessoa.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150810022139/http://www.revistapessoa.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 10, 2015|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.revistapessoa.com}}