Beatriz Bracher (born August 7, 1961) is a Brazilian writer.
Beatriz Bracher | |
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.jpg) Beatriz Bracher at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2013. | |
| Born | 7 August 1961 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, publisher |
Bracher was born in São Paulo, and studied Brazilian and Portuguese Literature at the Pontifical Catholic Universities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[1] She was the founder and editor of the literary magazine 34 Letras from 1988 to 1991 and of Editora 34 publishing house, from 1992 to 2000.[2] Bracher's first novel, Azul e Dura, was published in 2002. Her novel Anatomia do Paraíso (2015) won the São Paulo Prize for Literature and Rio Prize for Literature.[3][4][5]
Bracher wrote the screenplay for the films Cronicamente Inviável (2000), Os Inquilinos (2009, Best Screenplay award at Festival do Rio) and O Abismo Prateado (2011).
Published books
editNovels
edit- 2002 - Azul e Dura
- 2004 - Não Falei (English translation: I Didn't Talk, translated by Adam Morris, New Directions Publishing, 2018 ISBN 978-0811227360)
- 2007 - Antonio (translation in progress. English, New Directions; Italian: Utopia)
- 2015 - Anatomia do Paraíso
Short stories
edit- 2009 - Meu Amor
- 2013 - Garimpo
References
edit- ^ "Entrevista - Beatriz Bracher - Revista Cult". revistacult.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 March 2010. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Editora 34". www.editora34.com.br. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "I Didn't Talk". n+1. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Beatriz Bracher e Antonio Arnoni Prado vencem o Prêmio Rio de Literatura - Cultura - Estadão". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "'Anatomia do paraíso' é escolhido o melhor romance de 2015". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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