Maria Adelaide Amaral Explained

Maria Adelaide Amaral (born 1 July 1942, in Alfena) is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals.^[1] She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights of Brazil, the other being Leilah Assunção.^[2]

In 1994, Maria Adelaide Amaral biographed the Brazilian comedian Dercy Gonçalves. The book was titled Dercy de Cabo a Rabo. In 2012, Amaral adapted this book into the miniseries Dercy de Verdade.^{[3] [4]}

Despite her work as writer, she is perhaps best known to the public as an author of telenovelas, including the 2010 remake of Ti Ti Ti.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=97NoYRx96ZAC&dq=%22Maria+Adelaide+Amaral%22&pg=PA307 The Cambridge history of Latin American literature: Brazilian ..., Volume 2 by Roberto González Echevarrı́a, pg 307
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=w0Lc79wP-40C&pg=PA32 Tentative transgressions: homosexuality, AIDS, and the theater in Brazil by Severino João Medeiros Albuquerque, pg 32
3. News: Dercy de cabo a rabo em livro e na tevê (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Norte. 4 January 2012.
4. News: Heloisa Perissé e Fafy Siqueira falam sobre a minissérie "Dercy de Verdade" (in Portuguese). Quem magazine. 16 December 2011.
5. http://tititi.globo.com/Bastidores/noticia/2011/02/maria-adelaide-amaral-visita-estudio-de-ti-ti-ti.html Ti-Ti-Ti page at Rede Globo (In Portuguese)