Tatiane "Tati" Bernardi Teixeira Pinto (born April 29, 1979) is a Brazilian

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writer,

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ist, ''

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'',

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and journalist. Her works are particularly directed towards young women.

Biography

Bernardi was born in

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on April 29, 1979, and is of

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descent. She graduated in

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at the

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and, after working on numerous

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, she became an in-house screenwriter for

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. She has written for ''

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s'' such as ''

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'' and ''

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'',

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s such as ''

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'', and

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s such as '' Aline'' (based on

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's eponymous comic strip), ''Dicas de um Sedutor'' and ''Meu Passado Me Condena''; the latter has been broadcast by

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from 2012 to 2015. In 2011 she wrote her first screenplay to a full-length film, ''

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''. In 2013 she wrote the screenplay for a commercially successful

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of ''Meu Passado Me Condena'', in which actors

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and Miá Mello reprised their roles. A sequel, also written by Bernardi, premiered in 2015, and in the same year she wrote a

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which serves as a spin-off of both films. In 2006 Bernardi published her first short story book, ''A Mulher que Não Prestava'', which was followed by ''Tô com Vontade de uma Coisa que Eu Não Sei o que É'' in 2008. In the same year she also wrote ''A Menina da Árvore'', geared towards preteen girls. In 2010 she wrote her first novel for

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, ''A Menina que Pensava Demais''. In an interview to ''Trip'' magazine dating from 2011, she stated that she was working on an independent,

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collaborative book entitled ''A Vaca'', which was eventually released in the following year in limited run, with illustrations by Nando Rodriguez. In 2016 she published the anthology of autobiographical ''

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s'' ''Depois a Louca Sou Eu'', adapted into an eponymous movie by Júlia Rezende, starring

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, which premiered on February 25, 2021. Bernardi has also written for magazines such as ''Viagem e Turismo'', ''Trip'' and ''VIP'', and since 2013 has a weekly

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published every Friday in the newspaper '' Folha de S.Paulo''. On June 28, 2018, she published a compilation of some of her best ''crônicas'' written for the ''Folha de S.Paulo'', entitled ''Homem-Objeto e Outras Coisas Sobre Ser Mulher''. On May 9, 2020, she published the novel ''Você Nunca Mais Vai Ficar Sozinha''. On March 8, 2017, Bernardi won the

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prize, awarded by the Brazilian Federal Senate.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernardi, Tati 1979 births Living people Brazilian women short story writers Brazilian women novelists Chick lit writers Brazilian journalists 21st-century Brazilian novelists 21st-century Brazilian women writers Brazilian people of Italian descent Writers from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian short story writers Mackenzie Presbyterian University alumni 21st-century Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian women screenwriters