Jorge Mautner was born on January 17, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as Henrique George Mautner.　　Parents: Anna Illich (she was Austrian) and Paul Mautner.　　Father of Amora Mautner (born in 1975) with Ruth Mendes.　　Has a sister named Susana Mautner.　　His parents split in 1948. After the divorce his mother married again to Henri Müller, a musician, and they moved to S?o Paulo.　　As a child Jorge studied in Dante Alighieri School.　　Has a younger half-sister named Liliane Müller (b.1957).　　In 1962 Jorge published his first book:"Deus da Chuva e da Morte".　　In 1983 his stepfather, Henri Müller, died. In 1984 his father, Paul Mautner, died at the age of 89. And in 1990 his mother, Anna Illich, died at the age of 76.