Elvira Vigna
Appearance
Elvira Vigna | |
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Born | 29 September 1947 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Died | 10 July 2017 (aged 69)[1] |
Occupation(s) | Writer, illustrator, journalist |
Elvira Vigna (29 September 1947 – 10 July 2017) was a Brazilian writer, illustrator and journalist.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in São Paulo,[2] she graduated in literature at the University of Nancy in 1974 and a master's degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[3] She wrote for newspapers such as O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo and edited the literary magazine A Pomba.[citation needed]
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[4] and Oceanos.
Vigna died on 10 July 2017 in São Paulo from cancer, aged 69.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- 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
Children's books
[edit]- 1971–1983 Asdrúbal series:
- A breve história de Asdrúbal, o Terrível;
- A verdadeira história de Asdrúbal, o Terrível;
- Asdrúbal no Museu;
- O triste fim de Asdrúbal, o Terrível.
- 1978 – Viviam como gato e cachorro
- 1979 – Lã de umbigo
- 1982 – Uma história pelo meio
- 1983 – A pontinha menorzinha do enfeitinho do fim do cabo de uma colherzinha de café
- 1996 – Mônica e Macarra
- 2001 – O jogo dos limites.
- 2013 – Vitória Valentina
References
[edit]- ^ "Morre, aos 69 anos, a escritora e ilustradora Elvira Vigna". revistacult.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Jornal Rascunho". rascunho.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Elvira Vigna lança seu nono romance, Por escrito". www.tribunademinas.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo – Literatura 2: Historiador Carlos Guilherme Mota é o vencedor de prêmio da ABL – 18/06/2011". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Morre a escritora Elvira Vigna, em São Paulo, aos 69 anos". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2017 deaths
- Brazilian children's writers
- Brazilian women children's writers
- Brazilian children's book illustrators
- Brazilian illustrators
- Brazilian women children's book illustrators
- 20th-century Brazilian novelists
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Brazilian women novelists
- Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Deaths from cancer in São Paulo (state)
- 20th-century Brazilian women writers
- 21st-century Brazilian novelists
- 21st-century Brazilian women writers
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni