Brazil

AMARAL, Nilza (aka Zanil Lamar) 

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Birthplace: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Education: Graduated as an English Literature teacher.
Professional Career: Amaral taught in private and public schools before becoming a writer. She was elected to be one of twenty-nine directors for the Brazilian Association of Writers in 1998.

Works

• O dia das lobas. Sao Paulo: Razao Social, 1993.

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CAVALCANTE, Joyce

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Birthplace: Fortaleza, Brazil
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Professional Career: Calvacante's writings focus on the plight of women in Brazil who live to pray, marry and die. She is the president of REBRA, the Brazilian Women Writers' Network.

Works

• O discurso da mulher absurda. Sao Paulo: Maltese, 1994.
• Inimigasintimas. Sao Paulo: Maltese, 1993.

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CESAR, Ana Cristina

Birth date: 1952 - 1983
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Works

• Escritos da inglaterra. Sao Paulo: Editora Brasiliense, 1988.
• A teus pes. Sao Paulo: Brasiliense, 1982.
• Literatura nao e documento. Rio de Janeiro: Edicao Funarte, 1980.]

FELINTO (BARBOSA DE LIMA), Marilene

Birth date: December 5, 1957
Birthplace: Recife, Brazil
Education: Educated at the University of Sao Paulo, B.A., 1981.
Professional Career: Marilene Felinto is a journalist, writer and translator. She was the assistant professor of Portuguese from 1983-87 at the College of Journalism, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Works

• Natural History.1995.
• Postcard. San Paulo: Editora Iluminuras, 1992.
• O lago encantado de grongonzo. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Imago, 1987.
• Outros herois e este graciliano. San Paulo: Editora Brasiliense, 1983.
• As mulheres de tijucopapo. Rio de Janeiro: Editora 34, 1982.
          The Women of Tijucopapo. Trans. Irene Matthews. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.

LUFT, Lia

Birth date: 1938
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MARCHANT, Anyda (Also known as: Sarah Aldridge)

Birth date: 1911
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education: A.B. at National University (now called George Washington University) in Washington, D.C., 1931. M.A. in 1993 and a LL.B. in 1996.
Professional Career: She is a former attorney with the law firms of Schuster & Feuille in New York City, and Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.. She was a staff member of the Library of Law at the Library of Congress in Washington from 1940-45. She was also a member of the legal staff of the Light & Power Co. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1947-48, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce from 1951-53, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 1954-73. Along with Muriel Crawford, Barbara Grier, and Donna McBride, she co-founded Naiad Press in 1974 and A&M Books in 1995.

Works

• Amantha. Rehoboth, DE: A&M Books, 1995.
• Michaela. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1994.
• A Flight of Angels. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1992.
• Keep to Me Stranger. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1989.
• Magdalena. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1987.
• Misfortune's Friend. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1985.
• Madame Aurora. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1983.
• The Nesting Place. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1982.
• All True Lovers. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1978.
• Cytherea's Breath. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1976.
• Tottie: The Tale of the Sixties. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1975.
• The Latecomer. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1974.

MICCOLIS, Leila

Birth date: 1947
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PINON, Nelida

Birth date: May 3, 1937
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education: Graduate of Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, School of Journalism.
Professional Career: She has won several awards in both her native country of Brazil and abroad in Spain. Writer and professor, she has taught at several different universities, namely: Pontifica Universideade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro, faculty of philosophy. She has also taught at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Columbia University, New York City, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

Works

• A doce cancao de Caetana. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara, 1987.
          Caetana's Sweet Song. New York City: Knopf, 1992.
• A republica dos sonhos. Rio de Janeiro: Alves, 1984.
          The Republic of Dreams. New York City: Knopf, 1989.
• O calor das coisas. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1980.
• A forca do destino. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 1977.
• Tebas do meu coracao. Rio de Janeiro: Olympio, 1974.
• Sala de armas. Rio de Janeiro: Sabia, 1973.
• A casa da paixao. Rio de Janeiro: Mario de Andrade, 1972.
• Fundador. Rio de Janeiro: Alvaro, 1969.
• Tempo das frutas. Rio de Janeiro: Alvaro, 1966.
• Madeira feita cruz. Rio de Janeiro: G.R.D., 1963.
• Guia mapa de gabriel arcanjo. Rio de Janeiro: G.R.D., 1961.

TELLES, Lygia Fagundes

Birth date: April 19, 1923
Birthplace: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Education: She was educated at various institutions and obtained degrees in physical education and law.
Professional Career: Telles is a lawyer and author, as well as the president of Brazilian Cinematheque. She has received numerous awards for her work and completed her first novel in 1938, when she was just fifteen years old. Her stories center on Brazil's middle and upper classes.

Works

• A noite escura e mais eu: contos. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1995.
• A estrutura da bolha de sabao: contos. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1991.
• As horas nuas. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1989.
• Venha ver o por-do-sol y outros contos. Sao Paulo: Atica, 1988.
• Diez contos escolhidos. Brasilia: Horizonte, 1984.
• Os melhores contos. Sao Paulo: Global, 1984.
• Misterios ficcoes. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1981.
• A disciplina do amor: fragmentos (The Discipline of Love). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1980.
• Filhos prodigos (Prodigal Sons). Sao Paulo: Cultura, 1978.
• Seminario dos ratos (Rat Seminar). Rio de Janeiro: Olympio, 1977.
• As menias. Rio de Janeiro: Olympio, 1973.
• Antes do baile verde (Before the Green Masquerade). Rio de Janeiro: Bloch, 1970.
• O jardim selvagem (Savage Garden). Sao Paulo: Martins, 1965.
• Verano no aquario ( Summer in the Aquarium). Sao Paulo: Martins, 1963.
• Historias escolhidas. Sao Paulo: Boa Leitura, 1961.
• Historias do desencontro (Stories of the Conflict). Rio de Janeiro: Olympio, 1958.
• Ciranda de Piedra (Stone Screen). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1954.
• O cacto vermelho (Red Cactus). Rio de Janeiro: Merito, 1949.
• Playa viva (Living Beach). Sao Paulo: Martins, 1943.
• Porao e sobrado. Sao Paulo, 1938.