Rachel de Queiroz (, November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian

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, translator and

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Biography

Rachel de Queiroz was born on 17 November 1910 in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará. During her childhood, her family spent a couple of years in

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and

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before moving back to Fortaleza. She began her career in journalism in 1927 under the pen name "Rita de Queiroz". She entered the national spotlight with the unexpected success of her debut novel '' O Quinze'' in 1930. She published another three novels before moving to Rio in 1939. She was also renowned for her ''chronicles'', short topical newspaper pieces. In 1964 she became Brazil's representative to the UN, and in 1977 she became the first female writer to enter the Academia Brasileira de Letras. She won the

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(1993) and the Prêmio Jabuti. She died of a

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in her apartment in

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on 4 November 2003, about two weeks before her 93rd birthday. The Brazilian Marines' base in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is named after her.

Legacy

Her novel ''O Quinze'' was made into a film in 2004. On November 17, 2017,

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celebrated her 107th birthday with a

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Works

Novels

* (1930) '' O Quinze'' * (1932) ''João Miguel'' * (1937) ''O caminho das pedras'' * (1939) ''As três Marias'' * (1950) ''O galo de ouro'' * (1975) ''Dora Doralina'' * (1992) ''Memorial de Maria Moura''

Drama

* (1953) ''Lampião'' * (1958) ''A Beata Maria do Egito''

Collections of chronicles

* (1963) ''O brasileiro perplexo'' * (1967) ''O caçador de tatu'' * (1976) ''As menininhas e outras crônicas''

Non-fiction

* (1998) ''Tantos anos'' (co-authored with her sister, Maria Luíza)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiroz, Rachel De 1910 births 2003 deaths Brazilian women journalists Brazilian women novelists Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters People from Fortaleza Camões Prize winners 20th-century Brazilian women writers French–Portuguese translators 20th-century translators 20th-century Brazilian novelists Brazilian Communist Party politicians National Renewal Alliance politicians