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Saavedra, at 2015 Santiago International Book Fair

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

  1. ^ "Carola Saavedra - Tpm". Trip. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ a b "Carola Saavedra lança em Porto Alegre seu novo romance, "Com Armas Sonolentas"". GaúchaZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ^ "Chicas que escrevem: Carola Saavedra". Portal Catarinas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. ^ "Carola Saavedra - Tpm". Trip (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. ^ Comércio, Jornal do. "Escritora chilena lança livro em Porto Alegre nesta quarta". Jornal do Comércio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. ^ "Carola Saavedra's Blue Flowers is a Sexy Story Told Through Letters". The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  7. ^ "Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  8. ^ "Carola Saavedra". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. ^ "APCA divulga seleção com os melhores artistas de 2008 - Cultura". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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