Maria de Lourdes Teixeira
Maria de Lourdes Teixeira (25 March 1907 – 1989) was a Brazilian writer, translator, biographer[1] and journalist best known for having received the Prize Jabuti of Literature for Best Novel in 1961 and 1970 by Rua Augusta and Pátio das Donzelas respectively.[2][3] She was also the first woman to be accepted for the Paulista Academy of Letters.[4][5]
Biography
Born in São Pedro,[6] she debuted in the literary field in the 1920s when she published two essays in the magazine Papel e Tinta. Around 1952 she contributed to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. In her personal life, Teixeira had a second marriage with the also academic José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977), whereas his son Rubens Teixeira Scavone (1925–2007) also was a member of the Paulista Academy and won the Prize Jabuti for Best Novel in 1973 by Clube de Campo.[7]
Works
Novels
- Raiz amarga (1960)
- Rua Augusta (1963)
- O pátio das Donzelas (1969)
- O banco de Três Lugares (1975)
- A virgem noturna (1975)
Short stories
- O criador de centauros (1964)
- Todas as horas de um homem (1983)
Other
- A carruagem alada (memoirs, 1986)
- O pássaro-tempo (1968)
- A Ilha da Salamandra (1976)
- Graça Aranha (1952)
- Esfinges de papel (essay, 1966)
References
- ^ Novaes Coelho, Nelly (2000). Literatura: arte, conhecimento e vida (in Portuguese). Editora Fundação Peirópolis. p. 159. ISBN 978-858-566-341-4.
- ^ Prêmio Jabuti (ed.). "Prêmio 1961. Categorias desse prêmio" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ Prêmio Jabuti (ed.). "Prêmio 1970. Categorias desse prêmio" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ Martins, Anna Maria (9 November 2012). Academia Paulista de Letras (ed.). "Ruth Rocha - Recepcionada com discurso pela Acadêmica Anna Maria Martins" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Sistema Municipal de Bibliotecas, Prefeitura de São Paulo, ed. (9 March 2012). "Mulheres na Academia de Letras" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Hotel Central é demolido". Folha de São Pedro. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Prêmio Jabuti (ed.). "Prêmio 1973. Categorias desse prêmio" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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