Maria de Lourdes Teixeira explained

Maria de Lourdes Teixeira (25 March 1907 – 1989) was a Brazilian writer, translator, biographer[1] and journalist best known for having received the Prêmio Jabuti (Jabuti Prize for Literature) for Best Novel in 1961 and 1970, for Rua Augusta and Pátio das Donzelas respectively.[2] [3] She was also the first woman to be accepted to the Paulista Academy of Letters.[4] [5]

Biography

Born in São Pedro,[6] she made her debut in the literary field in the 1920s when she published two essays in the magazine Papel e Tinta. Around 1952 she contributed to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. In her personal life, Teixeira had a second marriage with the academic José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977), whose son Rubens Teixeira Scavone (1925–2007) also was a member of the Paulista Academy and won the Jabuti Prize for Best Novel in 1973 with Clube de Campo.[7]

Works

Novels

Short stories

Other

Notes and References

  1. Book: Novaes Coelho. Literatura: arte, conhecimento e vida. 2000. Editora Fundação Peirópolis. 978-858-566-341-4. 159. portuguese.
  2. Web site: Prêmio 1961. Categorias desse prêmio. 10 April 2013. Portuguese. Prêmio Jabuti. https://web.archive.org/web/20140430050815/http://premiojabuti.com.br/edicoes-anteriores/premio-1961/. 30 April 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Prêmio 1970. Categorias desse prêmio. 10 April 2013. portuguese. Prêmio Jabuti. https://web.archive.org/web/20140430054053/http://premiojabuti.com.br/edicoes-anteriores/premio-1970/. 30 April 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Martins, Anna Maria. Ruth Rocha - Recepcionada com discurso pela Acadêmica Anna Maria Martins. 11 April 2013. 9 November 2012. Portuguese. Academia Paulista de Letras. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113321/http://www.academiapaulistadeletras.org.br/discursos-acad-atuais/14-ruth-rocha-recepcionada-com-discurso-pela-acad%C3%AAmica-anna-maria-martins.html. 4 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Mulheres na Academia de Letras. 11 April 2013. portuguese. 9 March 2012. Sistema Municipal de Bibliotecas, Prefeitura de São Paulo.
  6. Web site: http://www.folhadesaopedro.com.br/noticia/72. Hotel Central é demolido. Folha de São Pedro. 4 February 2013. 27 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Prêmio 1973. Categorias desse prêmio. Portuguese. Prêmio Jabuti. 10 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130628034820/http://www.premiojabuti.com.br/content/pr%C3%AAmio-1973. 28 June 2013.