Eva Furnari
Spanish Eva Furnari (born 15 November 1948) is an Italian–Brazilian children's book writer and illustrator. She won the Prêmio Jabuti for children's literature seven times.
Eva Furnari

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- Born
- 1948 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- writer · illustrator
- Education
- Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo
- Honours
- Prêmio Jabuti
- Languages
- Italian · Portuguese
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Funari was born in Rome. Her family moved to Brazil in 1950, when she was two. She graduated in architecture at the University of São Paulo, and worked at Museu Lasar Segall from 1976 to 1979. From 1980 she began to venture into the publication of wordless picture books. Furnari has collaborated in the children's section Folhinha of the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, in which she created one of her better-known characters, "Bruxinha". In 2002, she was selected to illustrate a new edition of six children books by Érico Veríssimo. She wrote more than 60 titles. One of them, Felpo Filva, was translated into English, as Fuzz McFlops.
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Eva Furnari (born 15 November 1948) is described as a writer, illustrator and picture-book author in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Eva Furnari was born on 15 November 1948 in Rome. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Eva Furnari is São Paulo.
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- 1.Webmaster. Eva Furnari. jornadasliterarias.upf.br.
- 2.11 livros para ler antes de crescer. Folha de S.Paulo. 12 October 2019.
- 3.Escritora e ilustradora, Eva Furnari participa de entrevista ao vivo na TV Estadão. www.msn.com.
- 4.Cultural, Instituto Itaú. Eva Furnari. Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural.
- 5.Creating Fuzz McFlops The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com.
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