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Lúcia Benedetti
Lúcia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in Mococa, São Paulo – 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) – was a Brazilian Storytelling, storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator. Biography Lucia Benedetti was born in ''Mococa'' and was the daughter of ''Dominique Benedetti'' (tailor / musician) and ''D. Leocadia M. Benedetti'' [2] As a student based in Rio de Janeiro she began writing short stories, essays and fictional stories for the magazine O Ensaio. She graduated in pedagogy at the ''Bittencourt Silva School'' in Niterói. In 1932 she received a degree in legal science, but she never practiced as an attorney. While working as a teacher, she wrote for the newspaper ''A Noite''. At this carioca newspaper, she met her husband, the journalist, playwright and writer, ''Raimundo Magalhaes Júnior'', whom she married in 1933. In 1942 the couple moved to the United States, where ''Magalhaes Júnior'' worked with Nelson Rockefeller and for the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mococa
Mococa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 68,980 (2020 est.) in an area of 855 km². The elevation is 645 m. The local government is made up of a mayor (in Brazil, '' Prefeito'') and a municipal council (in Brazil, ''Câmara Municipal.'') The current mayor is Eduardo Ribeiro Barison, from the PSD, who was elected in th2024 municipal elections Demography Total Population: 67,681 (IBGE/2022 est.) * Urban: 99% * Rural: 1% * Men: 49% * Women: 51% Population density (inhab./km²): 79.14 Ethnicities Source: Censo 2022 Immigration After the abolition of slavery in 1888, Mococa began to receive a large number of immigrants to work on the coffee plantations. Among the immigrants, the majority were Italians, numbering between 9,000 and 10,000, coming mainly from the regions of Lombardy, Veneto, Lazio, Campania and Sicily. But there were also Germans, mainly from the Bavaria region, Austrians, Portuguese; Spanish from Andalusia and Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |