- Lúcia Machado de Almeida
Lúcia Machado de Almeida (born 1912) is a
Brazil ian writer. She was born at a farm, inSanta Luzia city, state ofMinas Gerais . She moved toBelo Horizonte , when she was a child. After that, she studied untilHigh School at Santa Maria school, in the same city. She learnt English, French,history of art s andmusic .She has three siblings:
Aníbal Machado ,Paulo Machado andCarolina Machado , all of whom are writers. Her husband is brother of another writer, the poetGuilherme de Almeida .Her first published writing was a
poem , "Desencanto", which appeared in the "Estado de Minas" newspaper,when she was fourteen years old. Some year later, she published her first book which is called "Estórias do Fundo do Mar". She won a number of literary prizes such as Othon Bezerra de Mello Prize and Stella della Solidarietá Medal.Bibliography
* "Estórias do Fundo do Mar"
* "Lendas da Terra do Ouro"
* "O Caso da Borboleta Atíria",novel
* "O Escaravelho do Diabo", novel
* "Passeio a Sabará"
* "Passeio a Diamantina"
* "Xisto no Espaço", novel
* "Xisto e o Saca-Rolha", novel
* "Aventuras de Xisto", novel
* "Passeio a Ouro Preto", novel
* "Passeio ao Alto Minho", novel
* "Spharion", novel
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