Pedro Bandeira de Luna Filho (born March 9, 1942) is a Brazilian award-winning and best-selling children's novelist and poet, best known as the author of the ''Os Karas''

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which comprise '' A Droga da Obediência'' (1984), ''Pântano de Sangue'' (1987), ''Anjo da Morte'' (1988), '' A Droga do Amor'' (1994), ''Droga de Americana!'' (2001) and ''A Droga da Amizade'' (2014).

Biography

Bandeira was born in Santos,

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, on March 9, 1942. He began as an amateur theater actor and scenic painter until moving to

in 1961, where he graduated in

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at USP. He then found a job as a freelance copywriter for the newspaper '' Última Hora'', until he was hired by

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in 1972 to write for children. His stories were initially published in specialized magazines until ''O Dinossauro que Fazia "Au-Au"'' came out as a stand-alone book in 1983. It was critically and commercially successful, what influenced Bandeira to dedicate himself solely to children's literature. 1984 saw the release of '' A Droga da Obediência'', the first installment of the ''Os Karas'' series; as of 2012 it has sold over 1.6 million copies. In 1986 '' O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha'' was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti, and a film adaptation of the book, directed by

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and starring

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, was released in 2009. '' A Marca de uma Lágrima'', which was published in 1985 and is a loose adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play ''

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'', won the APCA Award in 1986. As of 2012 Bandeira's books (over 80) have sold over 23 million copies. The sixth (and, according to Bandeira, final) installment of the ''Os Karas'' series, '' A Droga da Amizade'', came out in 2014. In March 2017 Bandeira announced his first novel intended for adults, ''Melodia Mortal'', written in partnership with

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Dr. Guido Levi. It was released in April 2017 by Editora Rocco. He currently lives in São Roque with his wife Lia, with whom he had three children.

References

External links

Biblioteca Pedro Bandeira
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