Lúcia Benedetti

Lúcia Benedetti
Born (1914-03-30)March 30, 1914
Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil
Died 1998
Rio de Janeiro
Nationality Brazilian
Occupation author

Lucia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in Mococa, São Paulo – 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) – 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 she 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 2 3 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. 1 2 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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