Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant
- Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant
Infobox Writer
name = Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant
pseudonym = Helena Morley
birthname = Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant
birthdate = birth date|1880|8|28|mf=y
birthplace = Diamantina - Minas Gerais
deathdate = death date and age|1970|6|20|1880|8|28|mf=y
deathplace = Rio de Janeiro
occupation = Diarist
nationality = Brazil
period = 1893-1895
influenced = Elizabeth Bishop
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (August 28, 1880 - June 20, 1970) was a Brazilian writer. She was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil to a British father and a Brazilian mother. Her diaries were published under the pseudonym Helena Morley.
Her girlhood diaries spanning the years 1893 and 1895 were first published in 1942 as "Minha vida de menina" (translated into English by Elizabeth Bishop as "The Diary of Helena Morley"). The book was adapted to film in 2004 by Helena Solberg as "Vida de Menina". [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117926509.html?categoryid=31&cs=1]
External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810247,00.html 1957 Time article on Brant and her book]
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