Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant
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| Pseudonym: | Helena Morley |
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| Born: | August 28, 1880 Diamantina - Minas Gerais |
| Died: | 1970 Rio de Janeiro |
| Occupation: | Diarist |
| Nationality: | Brazil |
| Writing period: | 1893 - 1895 |
| Debut works: | Minha vida de menina (1942) (translated into English as The Diary of Helena Morley) |
| Influenced: | Elizabeth Bishop |
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (August 28, 1880 - 1970) was a Brazilian writer. She was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil to a British father and a Brazilian mother. Her diaries were published under the pseudonym Helena Morley.
Her girlhood diaries spanning the years 1893 and 1895 were first published in 1942 as Minha vida de menina (translated into English by Elizabeth Bishop as The Diary of Helena Morley). The book was adapted to film in 2004 by Helena Solberg as Vida de Menina.[1]
