Andréa del Fuego, pen name of Andréa Fátima dos Santos (born
1975
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) is a Brazilian writer.
Biography
Andréa del Fuego was born in the city of São Paulo in 1975. Graduated in Philosophy from the
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...
, she is the author of novels, short stories and young adult books. At the beginning of her career, in 1998, Andréa wrote ''
crônica ''Crônica'' or ''crónica'' (''chronicle''; see spelling differences in Portuguese) is a Portuguese-language form of short writings about daily topics, published in newspaper or magazine columns. ''Crônicas'' are usually written in an informal, o ...
s'' and answered sexual questions from the readers of the magazine of the radio station 89 FM. She then created her pseudonym, a reference to
Luz del Fuego
Luz del Fuego (née, Dora Vivacqua; early stage name, Luz Divina; February 21, 1917 – July 19, 1967) was a Brazilian feminist, ballerina, naturist, and striptease artist who performed with live snakes. Comfortable with nudity, she wrapped pytho ...
.
She participated then in several short story anthologies. Her first novel, ''Os Malaquias'', was published in 2010 and tells the story of three siblings who are orphaned when their parents are struck by lightning. For this book del Fuego won the 2011
José Saramago Prize The José Saramago Literary Prize has been awarded since 1999 by the Círculo de Leitores Foundation to a literary work written in Portuguese by a young author in which the first edition was published in a Lusophone country. It celebrates the attri ...
.
Published works
Novels
* 2010 - ''Os Malaquias'' (Língua geral)
* 2013 - ''As Miniaturas'' (Companhia das Letras)
* 2021 - ''A Pediatra'' (Companhia das Letras)
Short stories
* 2004 - ''Minto enquanto posso'' (Ed. O Nome da Rosa)
* 2005 - ''Nego tudo'' (Fina Flor)
* 2007 - ''Engano seu'' (Ed. O Nome da Rosa)
* 2009 - ''Nego fogo'' (Dulcinéia Catadora)
Young adult books
* 2007 - ''Blade Runner'' (Mojo Books)
* 2008 - ''Quase caio'' (Escala Educacional)
* 2008 - ''Crônica'' (Editora Escala Educacional)
* 2013 - ''Sociedade da Caveira de Cristal (Scipione)''
Children's books
* 2010 - ''Irmãs de pelúcia'' (Scipione)
Anthologies
* ''Os cem menores contos brasileiros do século'' (Ateliê Editorial, Org. Marcelino Freire, 2004)
* ''30 mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira'' (Editora Record Org.
Luiz Ruffato
Luiz Fernando Ruffato de Souza (Cataguases, Brazil, February 1961) is a contemporary Brazilian writer. An alumnus of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Ruffato worked as a journalist in São Paulo and pu ...
, 2005)
* ''Geração zero zero'' (Editora Língua Geral, Org. Nelson de Oliveira, 2011)
* ''Escritores escritos'' (Editora Flaneur, Org. Victoria Saramago, 2010)
* ''Galeria do sobrenatural'' (Terracota Editorial, Org. Silvio Alexandre, 2009)
* ''90-00 Cuentos brasileños contemporáneos'' (Ediciones Copé, selo editorial da Petroperu – Org. Maria Alzira Brum Lemos e Nelson de Oliveira; translated by Alan Mills e José Luis Sansáns, 2009, Peru)
* ''Futuro presente'' (Editora Record, Org.Nelson de Oliveira, 2009)
* ''Um rio de contos – antologia luso-brasileira'' (Editorial Tágide – Org. Celina Veiga de Oliveira e Victor Oliveira Mateus, 2009, Portugal)
* ''O livro vermelho dos vampiros'' (Editora Devir – Org. Luiz Roberto Guedes, 2009)
* ''Blablablogue'' (Editora Terracota – Organização de Nelson de Oliveira, 2009)
* ''O Pequeno Príncipe me disse'' (Editora Luk – Organização de Sheila Dryzun, 2009)
* ''Pitanga – 52 micro-contos'' (Editorial Pitanga – Organização de Luísa Coelho, 2008, Portugal)
* ''Capitu mandou flores'' (Geração Editorial – Organização de Rinaldo de Fernandes, 2008)
* ''Contos de algibeira'' (Casa verde – Organização de Lais Chaffe, 2007)
* ''35 segredos para chegar a lugar nenhum'' (Bertrand Brasil – Organização de Ivana Arruda Leite, 2007)
* ''69/2 contos eróticos'' (Editora Leitura – Organização de Ronald Claver, 2006)
* ''Doze'' (Editora Demônio Negro – Organização de Vanderley Mendonça, 2006)
* ''Fábulas da Mercearia – uma antologia bêbada'' (Editora Ciência do Acidente – Org.
Joca Reiners Terron
João Carlos Reiners Terron (born 9 February 1968), writing as Joca Reiners Terron, is a Brazilian poet, novelist, designer and editor.
Biography
Terron was born in Cuiabá, in 1968. He studied Architecture at UFRJ and studied Industrial Desig ...
, 2004)
References
External links
Writer's blog''Os Malaquias'' Capítulo 1
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1975 births
21st-century Brazilian novelists
21st-century Brazilian women writers
Writers from São Paulo
University of São Paulo alumni
Living people
Brazilian women novelists
Brazilian women short story writers
21st-century Brazilian short story writers
Brazilian children's writers
Brazilian women children's writers