São Paulo Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2024) Winner
Luciany Aparecida
ルシアニー・アパレシーダ
Luciany Aparecida
Pen Names:
Ruth Ducaso（One of the pen names used for poetry and short fiction）,
Margô Paraíso（Used occasionally as an alternative pen name）,
Antônio Peixôtro（A masculine pen name sometimes used for plays or experimental pieces）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1982 （Vale do Jiquiriçá, Bahia, Brazil）
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Residence History
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, playwright, university lecturer
- Active Years
- 2017-
- Affiliations
- State University of Bahia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Prêmio Jabuti | Mata Doce | — | Prêmio Jabuti (Brazilian Book Prize) | ファイナリスト |
Prêmio Jabuti
Work:
Mata Doce
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti (Brazilian Book Prize)
Result:
ファイナリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ordinary Tales of Melancholy
2017 Short story collection (fiction)A collection of short stories exploring melancholy and fragments of everyday life, focusing on memory and emotional shifts.
melancholymemoryeveryday life
Translations
- Ordinary Tales of Melancholy (English translations featured in Asymptote)
Ezequiel
2018 PoetryA collection of poems using symbolic language to probe relationships between individuals and communities and to excavate regional memories.
regional identitymemoryidentity
Florim
Play (unpublished)An unpublished play. Details not publicly available.
dramatic structurecommunity
Bibliography
- Contos ordinários de melancolia (2017)
- Ezequiel (2018)
- Florim (unpublished)
- Mata Doce (novel; publication year unknown; finalist)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and symbolic languageprose attentive to everyday detailblend of theatrical dialogue and poetic fragments
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and forgettinglandscapes and society of Bahiaidentity (notably Afro-Brazilian perspectives)
Legacy
Recognized as an emerging figure in contemporary Brazilian literature, particularly Afro-Brazilian letters. She teaches at university while working across poetry, fiction, and drama. Attention increased after her novel Mata Doce was shortlisted for a major national prize.
Trivia
- Writes under several pen names (Ruth Ducaso, Margô Paraíso, Antônio Peixôtro).
- Based in Salvador, Bahia, and teaches at the State University of Bahia.
- The short story collection Contos ordinários de melancolia has been featured in English-language venues.