Prêmio Machado de Assis
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Edition 16 (1958) Winner
Rachel de Queiroz
ラケル・デ・ケイロス
Rachel de Queiroz
Pen Names:
Rita de Queiroz（Pen name used in early journalism work）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1910-11-17 （Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil）
- Died
- 2003-11-04 （Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil） age 92
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Residence History
- Fortaleza (birthplace) → Rio de Janeiro (long-term residence) → Belém (childhood residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Translator, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1927-2003
- Affiliations
- Academia Brasileira de Letras
- Memberships
- Academia Brasileira de Letras
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Camões Prize | — | — | Camões Prize committee | 受賞 |
| — | Prêmio Jabuti | — | — | Prêmio Jabuti organization | 受賞 |
Camões Prize
1993
Organization:
Camões Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti organization
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Camões Prize (Prémio Camões)
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1993) Winner
Works
Major Works
O Quinze
1930 Novel (regionalist)Debut novel portraying the 1915 drought in Ceará and its social consequences, focusing on rural suffering and migration.
droughtmigrationsocial inequality
Adaptations
- [Film] O Quinze (film) (2004)
Dora Doralina
1975 NovelA novel depicting the life and customs of a woman from the Northeast, exploring regional culture and women's lives.
female protagonistsregional culturesocial reality
Memorial de Maria Moura
1992 NovelA narrative novel centered on a female protagonist that weaves personal history with regional history.
female autonomymemoryregional history
Bibliography
- O Quinze (1930)
- João Miguel (1932)
- O caminho das pedras (1937)
- As três Marias (1939)
- O galo de ouro (1950)
- Dora Doralina (1975)
- Memorial de Maria Moura (1992)
- Lampião (1953, drama)
- A Beata Maria do Egito (1958, drama)
- O brasileiro perplexo (1963, chronicles)
- O caçador de tatu (1967, chronicles)
- As menininhas e outras crônicas (1976, chronicles)
- Tantos anos (1998, non-fiction, co-authored)
Adaptations
- O Quinze (2004 film adaptation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- regionalist depictionsocial realismconcise, observant chronicle style (as in newspaper columns)
- Recurring Motifs
- drought and environmentwomen's livesmigration and social change
Health
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Myocardial infarction2003年11月Died of a heart attack in 2003; marks the end of her active life.
Legacy
Known for works portraying Brazil's Northeast and a socially aware perspective. She became the first female writer elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras in 1977, won the Camões Prize and Prêmio Jabuti, and is remembered through statues, a film adaptation of O Quinze and a Google Doodle.
Museums
- Collection at the Brazilian National Archives (Arquivo Nacional) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Academic Societies
- Academia Brasileira de Letras
Archives
- Materials held by the Brazilian National Archives (Arquivo Nacional)
In Popular Culture
- 2004 film adaptation of O Quinze
- Google Doodle for her 107th birthday in 2017
- A Brazilian Marines' base in the UN mission in Haiti has been reported to be named after her
Quotes
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"I did not join the ABL because I was a woman. I joined because I have a work."
Source: Interview upon election to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (1977) (1977)
Trivia
- Brought to prominence by her 1930 novel O Quinze.
- Began journalism in 1927 using the pen name Rita de Queiroz.
- One of the first female writers elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras in 1977.
- Recipient of the Camões Prize in 1993.
- O Quinze was adapted into a film in 2004.
- Celebrated with a Google Doodle on her 107th birthday in 2017.