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Maria de Lourdes Teixeira

マリア・デ・ロウデス・テイシェイラ

Maria de Lourdes Teixeira

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1907-03-25 (São Pedro, São Paulo)
Died
1989 age 82
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
São Paulo

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, biographer, journalist
Active Years
1920-1989
Affiliations
Paulista Academy of Letters
Memberships
Paulista Academy of Letters

Awards

Prêmio Jabuti
1961
Work: Rua Augusta
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1970
Work: Pátio das Donzelas
Category: 最優秀小説賞
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rua Augusta

1963 Novel

Award-winning novel

Urban life

Pátio das Donzelas

1969 Novel

Award-winning novel

Women's lives

Bibliography

  • Raiz amarga (1960)
  • Rua Augusta (1963)
  • O pátio das Donzelas (1969)
  • O banco de Três Lugares (1975)
  • A virgem noturna (1975)
  • O criador de centauros (1964)
  • Todas as horas de um homem (1983)
  • A carruagem alada (1986)
  • O pássaro-tempo (1968)
  • A Ilha da Salamandra (1976)
  • Graça Aranha (1952)
  • Esfinges de papel (1966)

Legacy

Played a significant role in Brazilian literature, winning the Jabuti Prize twice and becoming the first woman accepted into the Paulista Academy of Letters.

Trivia

  • First woman accepted into the Paulista Academy of Letters
  • Her stepson Rubens Teixeira Scavone also won the Jabuti Prize