Eva Furnari (born 15 November 1948) is an Italian–Brazilian children's book writer and illustrator. She won the

Prêmio Jabuti The Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize") is the most traditional literary award in Brazil, given by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL). It was conceived by Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959 when he presided over the CBL, with the interest of rewarding autho ...

for children's literature seven times.

Biography

Funari was born in Rome. Her family moved to Brazil in 1950, when she was two. She graduated in architecture at 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 ...

, and worked at

Museu Lasar Segall Museu Lasar Segall (in English: ''Lasar Segall Museum'') is an art museum in São Paulo, Brazil. Designed in 1932 by architect Gregori Warchavchik, the building which houses the museum was the residence and art studio of Lithuanian Brazilian a ...

from 1976 to 1979. From 1980 she began to venture into the publication of wordless picture books. Furnari has collaborated in the children's section ''Folhinha'' of the newspaper ''

Folha de S.Paulo ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...

'', in which she created one of her better-known characters, "Bruxinha". In 2002, she was selected to illustrate a new edition of six children books by Érico Veríssimo. She wrote more than 60 titles. One of them, ''Felpo Filva'', was translated into English, as ''Fuzz McFlops''.

References

External links

Eva Furnari's website
1948 births Brazilian children's writers Brazilian illustrators 20th-century Brazilian women writers Brazilian women illustrators Brazilian women children's writers Brazilian children's book illustrators Living people Portuguese-language writers Italian emigrants to Brazil Italian people of Brazilian descent {{Brazil-writer-stub