Maria Adelaide Amaral (born 1 July 1942, in Alfena) is a

Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese Brazilians ( pt, luso-brasileiros) are Brazilians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Portugal. Most of the Portuguese who arrived throughout the centuries in Brazil sought economic opportunities. Although present since t ...

playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals. She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights of Brazil, the other being Leilah Assunção. In 1994, Maria Adelaide Amaral biographed the Brazilian comedian

Dercy Gonçalves Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1905 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming ...

. The book was titled ''Dercy de Cabo a Rabo''. In 2012, Amaral adapted this book into the

miniseries A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format h ...

''Dercy de Verdade''. Despite her work as writer, she is perhaps best known to the public as an author of

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

s, including the 2010 remake of ''Ti Ti Ti''.Ti-Ti-Ti page at Rede Globo (In Portuguese)
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* Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian women dramatists and playwrights 1942 births Living people Authors of Brazilian telenovelas Women soap opera writers 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Brazilian women writers 21st-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Brazilian women writers {{Brazil-writer-stub