Dinah Silveira Ribeiro (also known as Diná Silveira de Queirós; November 9, 1911 – November 27, 1982), was a Brazilian writer of novels, short stories, and chronicles. She received the Machado de Assis Prize. Silveira de Queirós was born November 9, 1911, in

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. She published her main works between 1939 and 1955. Silveira de Queirós was a Machado de Assis Prize laureate and the "second woman to be elected to the

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". She died November 27, 1982, in

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. Her novel ''A Muralha'' was the basis for the 1968

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'' A Muralha'' and for the 2000 television series '' A Muralha''.

Selected works

*1939 - ''Floradas na Serra'', novel *1941 - ''A Sereia Verde'', short stories *1949 - ''Margarida La Rocque'', novel *1951 - ''As Aventuras do Homem Vegetal'', children's fiction *1954 - ''A Muralha'', novel *1956 - ''O Oitavo Dia'', play *1957 - ''As Noite do Morro do Encanto'', short stories *1960 - ''Era Uma Vez Uma Princesa'', biography *1960 - ''Eles Herdarão a Terra'', short stories *1965 - ''Os Invasores'', novel *1966 - ''A Princesa dos Escravos'', biography *1968 - ''Verão dos Infiéis'', novel *1969 - ''Comba Malina'', short stories *1969 - ''Café da Manhã'', chronicle *1974 - ''Eu Venho, Memorial do Cristo I'' *1977 - ''Eu, Jesus, Memorial do Cristo II'' *1979 - ''Baía de Espuma'', children's fiction *1981 - ''Guida, Caríssima Guida'', novel

Co-authored works

*1960 - ''Antologia Brasileira de Ficção-científica'', short stories *1961 - ''Histórias do Acontecerá'', short stories *1962 - ''O Mistério dos MMM'', novel *1962 - ''Quadrante 1'', chronicle *1963 - ''Quadrante 2'', chronicle

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Diná Silveira de Queirós
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