Lúcia Benedetti

Lúcia Benedetti
Born March 30, 1914
Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil
Died 1998
Rio de Janeiro
Nationality Brazilian
Occupation author

Lucia Benedetti (Mococa, São Paulo March 30, 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 1998) – was a storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator brazilian[1]

Biography

Lucia Benedetti was born in Mococa and was the daughter of Dominique Benedetti (tailor / musician) and D. Leocadia M. Benedetti [2] Based in Rio de Janeiro still a student, she began writing short stories, essays, fictional stories for the magazine O Ensaio.[1]

She graduated in pedagogy, in Bittencourt Silva School, of Niterói[1]

Lúcia, in 1932, received a degree in legal science, but he never practiced as an attorney[2]

As a teacher, she wrote for the newspaper A Noite. In this carioca newspaper, she met her husband, journalist, playwright and writer, Raimundo Magalhaes Júnior,[3] whom he married in 1933.

In 1942 the couple moved to the United States, where Magalhaes Júnior will work with Nelson Rockefeller and in the New York Times. Lucia became a correspondent at the New York Times until 1945[4]

At that time she wrote her first novel, Chico Vira Bicho e outras histórias, in collaboration with her husband. However, his literary work that marked his debut as a writer, was Entrada de serviço, published in 1942.[5]

Lúcia Benedetti is considered the precursor of the theater for children in Brazil, with the O Casaco Encantado (1948), staged by Companhia Artistas Unidos[5]

The dramatic works Lúcia were staged in countries like Portugal and Argentina.[6]

Lucia Benedetti is the mother of Rosa Magalhães.

Awards

Works

Theatre for Children and Youth

Principais Romances

Theater

Short Stories

Bibliography

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Perez, Renard (1964). Editora Civilização brasileira, ed. Escritores brasileiros contemporâneos: biografías, seguidas de antología, Volume 1.
  2. Benedetti, Lúcia (1974). Serviço Nacional de Teatro, Ministério de Educação e Cultura, ed. Teatro infantil – Latin American documents.
  3. Murilo, Melo Filho. "R. Magalhães Júnior: um operário da inteligência" (PDF). Culto da Imortalidade: 9–17. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  4. Ministério das Relações Exteriores (1966). Editora Ministério das Relações Exteriores, ed. Quem é quem nas artes e nas letras do Brasil. p. 352.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kühner, Maria Helena (2003). Fundação Cultural de Blumenau, ed. O Teatro dito Infantil.
  6. Magalhães Júnior, Raimundo (1967). Editora Edições de Ouro, ed. Contos brasileiros- Volume 533 de Coroa de Ouro.

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