Emil Farhat (1914–2000) was a Brazilian writer. He was born in Maripá de Minas to a family of Arab immigrant origin. He worked as a journalist and marketing professional; in the latter capacity, he rose to become the head of the Brazilian branch of the American ad firm McCann Erickson.https://www.culturaanimi.com.br/post/o-pais-dos-coitadinhos-de-emil-farhat
As a writer, he won the 1988 Premio Jabuti for his epistolary novel Dinheiro na Estrada. It recounted the immigrant experience of his Lebanese ancestors. He was one of several Arab-Brazilian writers (such as Salim Miguel and Gilberto Abrao) who explored their ancestral roots in their fiction.The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions edited by Waïl S. Hassan Other notable works by Farhat include:
O País dos Coitadinhos (1968) Outras obras destacadas: Educação, a nova ideologia (1975) O Paraíso do Vira-Bosta (1987) Memórias Ouvidas e Vividas (1999)
He died in São Paulo in 2000.
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