Elvira Vigna

• Name — Elvira Vigna • Born — 29 September 1947 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Died — 10 July 2017 (aged 69) • Occupation — Writer, illustrator, journalist

Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in São Paulo, she graduated in literature at the University of Nancy in 1974 and a master's degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She wrote for newspapers such as O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo and edited the literary magazine A Pomba. She wrote and illustrated children's books in the beginning of her career, moving to novels later. Vigna's works won literary prizes such as the Jabuti Prize, Machado de Assis and Oceanos. Vigna died on 10 July 2017 in São Paulo from cancer, aged 69.

• 1988 – Sete anos e um dia • 1997 – O assassinato de Bebê Martê • 1998 – Às seis em ponto. • 2002 – Coisas que os homens não entendem • 2006 – Deixei ele lá e vim • 2010 – Por Escrito • 2012 – O que deu pra fazer em matéria de história de amor • 2016– Como se estivéssemos em palimpsesto de putas