Nélida Piñon
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Nélida Piñon was born on the 3rd May 1937; she is a Brazilian
writer.
source of picture: abemdanacao.blogs.sapo.pt
Nélida Piñon was born in the city if Rio de Janeiro of Galician
immigrants. Her first novel written in the year 1961 is called Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo. She became popular
for the erotic novels she wrote called A casa de paixão and A força do destino,
which she wrote in the year 1977. She had her biggest success in the year 1984
with the novel called A Republica dos Sonhos.
Nélida Piñon was the former president of the Academia
Brasileira de Letras.
Books
Ø Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo
(The Guidebook of Gabriel Arcanjo) (1961)
Ø Fundador (Founders)
(pre-1971)
Ø A Casa da Paixão (The House of
Passion) (1972)
Ø A força do destino (The Force of
Destiny) (1977)
Ø The Republic of Dreams,
tr. Helen Lane, University of Texas Press (1991).
Ø A doce cançao de Caetana
(The Sweet Song of Caetana) (1987)
Short stories
Ø I love my husband.
Ø Big-Bellied Cow
Awards
Ø Walmap
Prize, 1970, for her historical novel, ´Fundador´ (Founders)
Ø Mario
de Andrade-Prize, 1973, from the Association of Arts Critics in San Paulo for
her novel, "A casa de paixão".
Ø Brazilian
Writers’ Union Prize, 1987.
Ø FIL
Award, 1995.
Ø Menéndez
Pelayo International Prize, 2003.
