Carola Saavedra
Appearance
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Carola Saavedra (born 1973) is a Chilean-born Brazilian writer.[1]
Biography and career
Saavedra was born in Santiago, but moved with her family to Brazil when she was three years old.[2] She graduated in journalism by Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.[3] She lived in Spain, France and Germany, where she got a master's degree in communication studies.[4] She lives in Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]
Saavedra was an invited author at Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (Flip) in 2010. In September 2018, Carola Saavedra launched her novel Com armas sonolentas in Porto Alegre.[2][5]
Works
- Com armas sonolentas (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2018)
- O inventário das coisas ausentes (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2014)
- Paisagem com dromedário (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2010)
- Flores azuis (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2008) - Published in English by Penguin Random House as "Blue Flowers" (2020), translated by Daniel Hahn[6][7]
- Toda terça (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2007)
- Do lado de fora (short stories, 7Letras, 2005)
Participation in anthologies
- Granta Magazine's The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists anthology (2012)[8]
- Geração Zero Zero (Língua Geral, 2011)
- Essa história está diferente – Dez contos para canções de Chico Buarque (Companhia das Letras, 2010)
- Escritores escritos (Editora Flâneur, 2010)
- Um homem célebre: Machado recriado (Publifolha, 2008)
Awards and nominations
- Premio APCA for Best Novel, 2008, for Flores azuis[9]
- Prêmio Rachel de Queiroz, Young Author category, 2010, for Paisagem com dromedário[citation needed]
Saavedra was a runner-up for São Paulo de Literatura and Jabuti prizes.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Carola Saavedra - Tpm". Trip. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ a b "Carola Saavedra lança em Porto Alegre seu novo romance, "Com Armas Sonolentas"". GaúchaZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ "Chicas que escrevem: Carola Saavedra". Portal Catarinas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ "Carola Saavedra - Tpm". Trip (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ Comércio, Jornal do. "Escritora chilena lança livro em Porto Alegre nesta quarta". Jornal do Comércio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ "Carola Saavedra's Blue Flowers is a Sexy Story Told Through Letters". The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Carola Saavedra". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "APCA divulga seleção com os melhores artistas de 2008 - Cultura". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
External links
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Brazilian women journalists
- Brazilian women novelists
- 21st-century Brazilian novelists
- Chilean emigrants to Brazil
- Chilean women writers
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
- Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Writers from Santiago
- 21st-century Brazilian women writers