Patrícia Melo
Appearance
Patrícia Melo | |
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Born | 1962 São Paulo, Brazil |
Occupation(s) | Writer and author |
Patrícia Melo (born 1962 in São Paulo)[1] is a Brazilian author. She has written The Killer and In Praise of Lies, among others.[2] Her works have dealt with sex and violence in a heavily urbanized setting.[3][4]
Books published
Year | Title | Publisher |
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1994 | Acqua Toffana | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
1995 | The Killer -O Matador | Companhia das Letras/Companhia de Bolso/Rocco |
1998 | In Praise of Lies -Elogio da Mentira | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
2000 | Inferno | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
2003 | Valsa Negra | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
2006 | Mundo Perdido | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
2008 | Jonas, o Copromanta | Companhia das Letras/Rocco |
2010 | Ladrão de Cadáveres | Rocco |
2011 | Escrevendo no escuro | Rocco |
2014 | Fogo-fátuo | Rocco |
Filmography
- Traição (1998) - screenwriter of the segment "Cachorro!"
- Bufo & Spallanzani (2001) - screenwriter
- O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) - screenwriter
- O Homem do Ano (2003) - based on her bookO Matador
References
- ^ Efraín Kristal, The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel, p. 118.
- ^ Staff of The New York Times, The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, p. 98.
- ^ Raymond L. Williams, The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 348.
- ^ Anne Lambright, Elisabeth Guerrero, Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America, University of Minnesota Press, p. xxi.
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
- Brazilian women novelists
- 20th-century Brazilian novelists
- Converts to Judaism
- Jewish Brazilian writers
- Writers from São Paulo
- Brazilian columnists
- Women columnists
- 20th-century Brazilian women writers
- 21st-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Brazilian novelists
- 21st-century Brazilian women writers
- Brazilian writer stubs