Patrícia Melo (born 1962 in
São Paulo
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) is a Brazilian author. She has written ''The Killer'' and ''In Praise of Lies'', among others. Her works have dealt with sex and violence in a heavily urbanized setting.
[Anne Lambright, Elisabeth Guerrero]
''Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America''
University of Minnesota Press, p. xxi.
Books published
Filmography
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Traição'' (1998) - screenwriter of the segment "Cachorro!"
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'' (2001) - screenwriter
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O Xangô de Baker Street'' (2001) - screenwriter
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O Homem do Ano
''The Man of the Year'' ''( pt, O Homem do Ano, links=no)'', is a 2003 Brazilian drama film produced and directed by José Henrique Fonseca. It stars Murilo Benício, Cláudia Abreu, and Natália Lage.
Plot
Maiquel (Murilo Benício) is a single, ...
'' (2003) - based on her book''O Matador''
References
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
Brazilian women novelists
20th-century Brazilian novelists
Converts to Judaism
Jewish Brazilian writers
Writers from São Paulo
Brazilian columnists
Brazilian crime fiction writers
Brazilian women columnists
20th-century Brazilian women writers
21st-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Brazilian novelists
21st-century Brazilian women writers
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