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Biography
Maria de Lourdes Teixeira (25 March 1907 – 1989) was a Brazilian writer, translator, biographer and journalist best known for having received the Prize Jabuti of Literature for Best Novel in 1961 and 1970 by Rua Augusta and Pátio das Donzelas respectively. She was also the first woman to be accepted for the Paulista Academy of Letters.
Biography
Born in São Pedro, she debuted 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 also academic José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977), whereas his son Rubens Teixeira Scavone (1925–2007) also was a member of the Paulista Academy and won the Prize Jabuti for Best Novel in 1973 by Clube de Campo.
Works
Novels
- Raiz amarga (1960)
- Rua Augusta (1963)
- O pátio das Donzelas (1969)
- O banco de Três Lugares (1975)
- A virgem noturna (1975)
Short stories
- O criador de centauros (1964)
- Todas as horas de um homem (1983)
Other
- A carruagem alada (memoirs, 1986)
- O pássaro-tempo (1968)
- A Ilha da Salamandra (1976)
- Graça Aranha (1952)
- Esfinges de papel (essay, 1966)