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Sônia Coutinho

ソニア・コウチーニョ

Sônia Coutinho

Aliases: Sonia Coutinho

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1939 (Itabuna, Bahia)
Died
2013-08-24 (Rio de Janeiro) age 74
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Itabuna, Bahia → Salvador, Bahia → Rio de Janeiro

Career

Occupations
journalist, short story writer, novelist, translator
Active Years
1961-2013
Affiliations
Reuters, Nova, Status

Education

Unknown
Communication Theory
Degree: master's degree
Country: Brazil
Left school at age 20, later earned master's degree

Awards

Status Prize
Work: Cordelia, the huntress
Category: エロティック文学
Organization: Status magazine
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1979
Work: Lucretia's poisons
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1999
Work: Pandora's breasts
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pandora's breasts

1998 novel

The Alice file

1991 novel

Shoot Sofia

1989 novel

Bibliography

  • On the useless hero (1966)
  • Birth of a woman (1971)
  • A certain happiness (1979)
  • The game of Ifá (1980)
  • The last Copacabana summer (1985)
  • Shoot Sofia (1989)
  • The Alice file (1991)
  • Pandora's breasts (1998)
  • Black sheep and blond friend (2006)

Health

  • heart attack
    2013
    cause of death

Legacy

Brazilian journalist, short story writer, and novelist known for winning the Prêmio Jabuti twice. Also authored critical study on female perspective in detective novels.