Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (lang, November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author, translator and journalist.
Rachel de Queiroz
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- Name
- Rachel de Queiroz
- Born
- 17 November 1910
- Birthplace
- Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- Died
- 4 November 2003
- Place of death
- Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Awards
- * Camões Prize
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, writer and politician.
- Known for
- O Quinze, Memorial de Maria Moura, As Três Marias and Brandão entre o Mar e o Amor.
- Honours
- Camões Prize, Prêmio Machado de Assis, APCA Awards, Juca Pato Prize, Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Portuguese. Works named in the authority record are O Quinze, Memorial de Maria Moura, As Três Marias and Brandão entre o Mar e o Amor. Distinctions recorded are Camões Prize, Prêmio Machado de Assis, APCA Awards and Juca Pato Prize.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Rachel de Queiroz • Pen Name — Rita de Queiroz • Born — 17 November 1910 • Birthplace — Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil • Died — 4 November 2003 • Place of death — Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Notable Works — O Quinze • Awards — * Camões Prize • Prêmio Jabuti
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Statue of Rachel de Queiroz in Fortaleza, capital of Ceará Rachel de Queiroz was born on November 17, 1910 in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará. During her childhood, her family spent a couple of years in Rio de Janeiro and Belém before moving back to Fortaleza. She began her career in journalism in 1927 under the pen name "Rita de Queiroz". She entered the national spotlight with the unexpected success of her debut novel O Quinze in 1930. She published another three novels before moving to Rio in 1939. She was also renowned for her chronicles, short topical newspaper pieces. De Queiroz joined the Brazilian Communist Party in the 1930s; she was arrested by the Getulio Vargas police in 1937; she would break off with the party later that decade. In 1964 she supported the Brazilian military coup d'état. In 1964 she became Brazil's representative to the UN, and in 1977 she became the first female writer to enter the Academia Brasileira de Letras. She won the Camões Prize (1993) and the Prêmio Jabuti. She died of a heart attack in her apartment in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro on November 4, 2003, about two weeks before her 93rd birthday. • Illustration — Rachel de Queiroz in the Academia Brasileira de Letras, 1977. The Brazilian Marines' base in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is named after her.
Novels
Novels
• (1930) O Quinze • (1932) João Miguel • (1937) O caminho das pedras • (1939) As três Marias • (1950) O galo de ouro • (1975) Dora Doralina • (1992) Memorial de Maria Moura
Drama
Drama
• (1953) Lampião • (1958) A Beata Maria do Egito
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• (1998) Tantos anos (co-authored with her sister, Maria Luíza)
Identity
Identity
Rachel de Queiroz is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as having received Camões Prize, Prêmio Machado de Assis and APCA Awards.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1910
Rachel de Queiroz was born on 17 November 1910.
2003
Rachel de Queiroz died on 4 November 2003.
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Rachel de Queiroz was born at Fortaleza.
Birthplace
Rachel de Queiroz died at Rio de Janeiro.
Deathplace
Fortaleza.
Birth place
Rio de Janeiro.
Death place
Legacy
Her novel O Quinze was made into a film in 2004. On November 17, 2017, Google celebrated her 107th birthday with a Google Doodle.
Collections of chronicles
Collections of chronicles
• (1963) O brasileiro perplexo • (1967) O caçador de tatu • (1976) As menininhas e outras crônicas
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q283964: Rachel de Queiroz
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- “Rachel de Queiroz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Relações de poder e representações sociais do machismo na obra Dôra, Doralina de Rachel de Queiroz, Humanidades em diálogo, 2019
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Brazilian Academy of Letters
Her election, on November 4, 1977, to seat 5 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, caused some excitement among the feminists of the time. In an interview, she declared: I did not join the ABL because I was a woman. I joined because, regardless of that, I have a work. I have dear friends here. Almost all my friends are men, I don't trust women very much. Received by Adonias Filho, she was the fifth occupant of the chair whose patron is Bernardo Guimarães.
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Relações de poder e representações sociais do machismo na obra Dôra, Doralina de Rachel de Queiroz, Humanidades em diálogo, 2019Crossref registry
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Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 4: O Quinze, Memorial de Maria Moura, As Três Marias and Brandão entre o Mar e o Amor. Queiroz received Camões Prize, Prêmio Machado de Assis, APCA Awards, Juca Pato Prize, Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) and Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
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