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Rachel de Queiroz (1910-2003) Brazil
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Rachel
de Queiroz began her career in journalism in 1927 and
entered the literary world with the novel
O Quinze in 1930. 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.
In 1993 she won the Camões Prize and
the Jabuti Prize. Queiroz
also dedicated herself to literary translation, including the work of
Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Emily Brontë.
O Quinze (“The Fifteen”), making reference to the terrible drought
of 1915 in Ceará, earned unexpected success in
Brazil, an impressive achievement for an unknown female author from the
northeast who was only twenty years old. Rachel de Queiroz
was then launched into the Brazilian literary scene, heralding the banner of
the social novel, deeply realistic in its dramatic description of the secular
fight of a people against their misery and the drought, giving rise to the
fruitful and important life of the northeastern
Brazilian novel, along with author Jorge Amado.
Maria Moura, the protagonist of Memorial de Maria Moura (“The Memorial of Maria Moura”),
is a woman in search of love and liberty. At the age of 17 she starts losing
the reasons for her existence: her mother is murdered and Maria is raped by her
stepfather and has to fight for her land. Queiroz
presents us with a strong yet sweet character, a tender fighter who struggles
to remain faithful to her principles. One of the great
classics of Brazilian literature.
Represented for Riff Agency, exc. French, Portuguese & Spanish
Original editions (selection) and rights sold:
Novels:
O Quinze
1930; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2004, 157 p.
France: Stock 1986 • Germany:
Suhrkamp 1978 • Portugal:
Difel 1983
João Miguel
1932; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2004, 117 p.
France: Stock 1984
Caminho de Pedras
1937; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2004, 156 p.
As Três Marias
1939; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2005, 155 p.
Germany: dtv 1994 • US: University of Texas Press 1963
Galo de Ouro
1950; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2004, 225 p.
Dora Doralina
1975; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2005, 247 p.
France: Stock 1980 • US:
Avon 1984
Memorial de Maria Moura
1992; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2004, 493 p.
France: Métailié 1995 • Germany: Schneekluth
1998
Short prose:
A Donzela e a Moura Torta
1948; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, to be published
Um Alpendre, Uma Rede, Um Açude
1958; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2006, 261 p.
O Homen e o Tempo
1964; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, forthcoming
O Caçador de Tatu
1967; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, forthcoming
As Terras Asperas
1993; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, forthcoming
Cenas Brasileiras
São Paulo: Ática 1997, 128 p.
A Casa do Morro Branco
1999; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2008, 144 p.
O não me deixes
2000; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2010, 116 p.
Falso Mar, Falso Mundo: 89 crônicas escolhidas
2002; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, forthcoming
Existe Outra Saída, Sim
2003; Fortaleza: Fundação Demócrito Rocha 2007, 126 p.
A Lua de Londres
Fortaleza: Fundação Demócrito Rocha, forthcoming in 2010
Theater:
Lampião - A Beata Maria do Egito
1953; Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2005, 210 p.
Children’s books:
O Menino Mágico
1969; São Paulo: Caramelo 2004, 96 p.
(Ill. by Laurabeatriz)
Cafute e a Pena de Prata
1986; São Paulo:
Caramelo 2004, 40 p.
(Ill. by Maria Eugênia)
Andira
1992; São Paulo: Caramelo 2004, 48 p.
(Ill. by Suppa)
Xerimbabo
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2002, 40 p.
(Ill. by Gaça Lima)
Memórias de Menina
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 2003, 32 p.
(Ill. by Mariana Massarani)