Oceanos - Portuguese Language Literature Prize (formerly Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature)
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2011) Runner-up
Marina Colasanti
マリーナ・コラサンティ
Marina Colasanti
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1937-09-26 （Asmara, Italian Eritrea）
- Died
- 2025-01-28 （Rio de Janeiro, Brazil） age 87
- Nationality
- Italian, Brazilian
- Languages
- Portuguese, Italian
- Residence History
- Asmara (birth) → Lived in Tripoli (Libya) during infancy → Lived in Italy for about 11 years after World War II → Resident of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 1948
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator, journalist, illustrator, editor
- Active Years
- 1968-2021
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (National School of Fine Arts) | — | Specialized in etching | — | 1952年入学（在籍期間の詳細不明） | Brazil |
Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (National School of Fine Arts)
Specialized in etching
Period:
1952年入学（在籍期間の詳細不明）
Country:
Brazil
Studied painting and printmaking as a teenager
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | O Melhor para o Jovem | A True Blue Idea | 児童書 | Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Prêmio Jabuti | Entre a espada e a rosa | 最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Prêmio Jabuti | Rota de colisão | 詩部門（Poetry） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Prêmio Jabuti | Ana Z., aonde vai você? | 最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Prêmio Jabuti | Eu Sei, Mas Não Devia | 短編集（Contos） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Prêmio Jabuti | Passageira em trânsito | 詩部門（Poetry） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prêmio Jabuti | Antes de virar gigante e outras histórias | 最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Prêmio Jabuti | Breve História de um Pequeno Amor | 年間最優秀フィクション（Fiction Book of the Year） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil | — | 児童文学功労賞 | SM Foundation (Premio Iberoamericano SM) | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Hans Christian Andersen Award | — | 児童文学（作家部門） | International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) | 最終候補 |
| 2024 | Prêmio Jabuti | — | 文学の年間人物（Literary Personality of the Year） | Prêmio Jabuti | 受賞（表彰） |
| — | Prêmio Machado de Assis | — | — | Brazilian Academy of Letters | 受賞（年不明） |
O Melhor para o Jovem
1978
Work:
A True Blue Idea
Category:
児童書
Organization:
Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1993
Work:
Entre a espada e a rosa
Category:
最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1993
Work:
Rota de colisão
Category:
詩部門（Poetry）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1994
Work:
Ana Z., aonde vai você?
Category:
最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1997
Work:
Eu Sei, Mas Não Devia
Category:
短編集（Contos）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
2010
Work:
Passageira em trânsito
Category:
詩部門（Poetry）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
2011
Work:
Antes de virar gigante e outras histórias
Category:
最優秀児童書（Best Children's Book）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
2014
Work:
Breve História de um Pequeno Amor
Category:
年間最優秀フィクション（Fiction Book of the Year）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞
Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
2017
Category:
児童文学功労賞
Organization:
SM Foundation (Premio Iberoamericano SM)
Result:
受賞
Hans Christian Andersen Award
2024
Category:
児童文学（作家部門）
Organization:
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Result:
最終候補
Prêmio Jabuti
2024
Category:
文学の年間人物（Literary Personality of the Year）
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
受賞（表彰）
Prêmio Machado de Assis
Organization:
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Result:
受賞（年不明）
Awards & Nominations
Prêmio Jabuti
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Eu Sozinha
1968 novella/short fictionHer first book, a novella/short fiction published in 1968 that marked the beginning of her literary career.
selfsolitude
A True Blue Idea
1978 children's literature (fairy tales)A collection of original fairy tales illustrated by the author; one of her best-known children's books, published internationally.
imaginationcoming of age
Translations
- Published in France, Spain, Latin America and the United States
Rota de colisão
1993 poetryA collection of poems dealing with emotion and memory.
memorylove
Breve História de um Pequeno Amor
2014 fictionA fiction work that sensitively depicts love and memory in later life; won the Jabuti Fiction Book of the Year in 2014.
lovememorytime
Passageira em trânsito
2010 poetryA poetry collection exploring travel and transience; winner of the Jabuti poetry prize in 2010.
travelmovementtime
Bibliography
- Eu Sozinha (1968)
- A True Blue Idea (1978)
- Doze reis e a moça no labirinto do vento (1978)
- Rota de colisão (1993)
- Breve História de um Pequeno Amor (2014)
Translations by Author
- Translation of The Adventures of Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi), 2002
Translations of Works
- Uma ideia toda azul published in France, Spain, Latin America and the United States
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, poetic proseuse of fable-like and fantastic elementsintegration of illustration with text
- Recurring Motifs
- travelfemale perspectivelove and memoryimagination and fairy-tale motifs
Legacy
Marina Colasanti worked across children's literature, poetry, short fiction and essays, winning multiple Prêmio Jabuti awards and leaving a significant mark on Brazilian letters. Her works were translated internationally and she was highly regarded in the field of children's literature.
Trivia
- Born in Asmara in 1937; spent part of her childhood in Tripoli and moved with her family to Brazil in 1948.
- Became known as a journalist at Jornal do Brasil and later published over 70 books.
- Reportedly won the Prêmio Jabuti multiple times (sources cite ten wins).
- Married writer Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna in 1971 and had two daughters.