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Lúcia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in
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, São Paulo – 1998 in
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) – was a Brazilian storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright,
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and translator.


Biography

Lucia Benedetti was born in ''Mococa'' and was the daughter of ''Dominique Benedetti'' (tailor / musician) and ''D. Leocadia M. Benedetti'' As a student based in
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she began writing short stories, essays and fictional stories for the magazine O Ensaio. She graduated in pedagogy at the ''Bittencourt Silva School'' in
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. 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
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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
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and for the
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. Lucia Benedetti became a correspondent for the ''New York Times'' and worked for the paper until 1945. At that time she wrote her first novel, ''Chico Vira Bicho e outras histórias'', in collaboration with her husband. However, the literary work that marked her debut as a writer, was ''Entrada de serviço'', published in 1942. ''Lúcia Benedetti'' is considered the precursor of the theater for children in
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, with the ''O Casaco Encantado'' (1948), staged by ''Companhia Artistas Unidos''. The dramatic works of Lucia Benedetti were staged in countries like
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. Lucia Benedetti is the mother of
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.


Awards

* ''Prêmio
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by Vesperal com Chuva – 1950 * ''Prêmio de Teatro infantil'' – Prefeitura do
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−1954 * ''Prêmio Arthur Azevedo'' –
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– 1948 by O Casaco Encantado * ''Prêmio A.B.C.T. – Revelação de Autor'' – 1949 by O Casaco Encantado * ''Prêmio Teatro Infantil'' – Lei
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– 1952 by Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás


Works


Theatre for Children and Youth

* '' O Casaco Encantado'' (1948) * '' Simbita e o Dragão'' (1948) * '' A Menina das Nuvens'' (1949) * ''Branca de Neve''(1950) * ''Josefina e o Ladrão'' (1951) * '' Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás'' (1952) * ''Sinos de Natal'' (1957) * ''Sigamos a Estrela'' * ''Palhacinho Pimpão''


Novels

* ''Chico Vira Bicho'' (1943) * ''Entrada de Serviço'' (1942) * ''Noturno sem Leito'' (1947) * ''Três Soldados'' (1955) * ''Chão Estrangeiro'' (1956) * ''Maria Isabel, Uma Vida no Rio '' (1960) * ''O Espelho Que Vê por Dentro'' (1965)


Theater

* ''O Banquete e a Farsa'' * ''Amores de Celeste'' * ''Figura de Pedro'' (1960)


Short stories

* ''O Inferno de Rosauro, tal como se deu''(1960) * ''Vesperal com Chuva''(1950) * ''Nove Histórias Reunidas''(1956)


Bibliography

* COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. ''Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira''. São Paulo: Global; Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Academia Brasileira de Letras, 2001: 2v.


References


External links


Literatura Brasileira.ufsc


{{DEFAULTSORT:Benedetti, Lucia 1914 births 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian children's writers Brazilian women children's writers Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 1998 deaths 20th-century Brazilian women writers Brazilian women dramatists and playwrights People from Mococa