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Maria José Dupré

マリア・ジョゼ・デュプレ

Maria José Dupré

Pen Names: Sra. Leandro DupréPen name

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1905 (a small town in the state of São Paulo)
Died
1984-05-15 (Guarujá, São Paulo state, Brazil) age 79
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
São Paulo

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1938-1984

Awards

Raul Pompeia Prize
1943
Work: Éramos Seis
Organization: Brazilian Academy of Letters
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Éramos Seis

1943 Novels

Chronicling the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo.

Family strugglesMiddle class
Adaptations
  • [Telenovela] Éramos Seis (1958)
  • [Telenovela] Éramos Seis (1967)
  • [Telenovela] Éramos Seis (1977)
  • [Telenovela] Éramos Seis (1994)
  • [Telenovela] Éramos Seis (2019)

O Romance de Teresa Bernard

1941 Novels

The Romance of Teresa Bernard.

Luz e Sombra

1944 Novels

Gina

1945 Novels

Os Rodriguez

1946 Novels

Dona Lola

1949 Novels

Sequel to Éramos Seis.

Bibliography

  • Uma Família Antiga de Jaboticabal

Legacy

One of the most popular and prolific Brazilian writers of the 1940s and 1950s.

In Popular Culture

  • Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela five times.

Trivia

  • First story published in O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.