Carola Saavedra

Carola Saavedra
Saavedra at Santiago International Book Fair, 2015
Saavedra at Santiago International Book Fair, 2015
Born1973 (age 51–52)
Santiago, Chile
EducationPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Website
Official website

Carola Saavedra (born 1973) is a Chilean-born Brazilian writer.[1]

Biography and career

Saavedra was born in Santiago, but moved with her family to Brazil when she was three years old.[2] She graduated in journalism by Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.[3] She lived in Spain, France and Germany, where she got a master's degree in communication studies.[1] She lives in Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]

Saavedra was an invited author at Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (Flip) in 2010. In September 2018, Carola Saavedra launched her novel Com armas sonolentas in Porto Alegre.[2][4]

Works

  • Do lado de fora (short stories, 7Letras, 2005)
  • Toda terça (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2007)
  • Flores azuis (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2008) - Published in English by Penguin Random House as "Blue Flowers" (2020), translated by Daniel Hahn[5][6]
  • Paisagem com dromedário (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2010)
  • O inventário das coisas ausentes (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2014)
  • Com armas sonolentas (novel, Companhia das Letras, 2018)

Participation in anthologies

  • Um homem célebre: Machado recriado (Publifolha, 2008)
  • Escritores escritos (Editora Flâneur, 2010)
  • Essa história está diferente – Dez contos para canções de Chico Buarque (Companhia das Letras, 2010)
  • Geração Zero Zero (Língua Geral, 2011)
  • Granta Magazine's The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists anthology (2012)[7]

Awards and nominations

  • Premio APCA for Best Novel, 2008, for Flores azuis[8]
  • Prêmio Rachel de Queiroz, Young Author category, 2010, for Paisagem com dromedário[citation needed]

Saavedra was a runner-up for São Paulo de Literatura and Jabuti prizes.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Carola Saavedra - Tpm". Trip. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ a b "Carola Saavedra lança em Porto Alegre seu novo romance, "Com Armas Sonolentas"". GaúchaZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ^ "Chicas que escrevem: Carola Saavedra". Portal Catarinas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. ^ Comércio, Jornal do. "Escritora chilena lança livro em Porto Alegre nesta quarta". Jornal do Comércio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  5. ^ "Carola Saavedra's Blue Flowers is a Sexy Story Told Through Letters". The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. ^ "Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  7. ^ "Carola Saavedra". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. ^ "APCA divulga seleção com os melhores artistas de 2008 - Cultura". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-21.