Adelina Lopes Vieira Explained

Adelina Amélia Lopes Vieira (1850 - 1922 or 1933) was a Brazilian poet, playwright and children's writer.

Life

Born in Lisbon, she came to Brazil as a young child,^[1] and graduated as a teacher around 1870.^[2] Contos Infantis (1886) was written with her sister Julia Lopes de Almeida.^[1] In 1899 she contributed to A Mensageira, a literary magazine edited by Presciliana Duarte de Almeida which was aimed at Brazilian women. At the start of the twentieth century she wrote and translated several plays.^[2]

Works

• Saudade de palmeiras e No echo das damas, 1879
• Margaritas, 1879
• (with Julia Lopes de Almeida) Contos Infantis [Children's Tales], 1886.
• Destinos, 1890
• A viagem de Murilo
• As duas doses
• Expiação
• (trans.) A terrina by Ernest d’Hervilly, 1907

Notes and References

1. Cleila de Fátima Siqueira Stanislavski, Uma Leitura de Contos Infantis (1886), de Adelina Lopes Vieira e Julia Lopes de Almeida.
2. http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa21550/adelina-lopes-vieira Adelina Lopes Vieira