Lúcia Benedetti

Lúcia Benedetti
Born	(1914-03-30)March 30, 1914 Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	1998 Rio de Janeiro
Occupation	author

Lúcia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in Mococa, São Paulo – 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) – was a Brazilian storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator.[1]

Biography

Lucia Benedetti was born in Mococa and was the daughter of Dominique Benedetti (tailor / musician) and D. Leocadia M. Benedetti [2] As a student based in Rio de Janeiro she began writing short stories, essays and fictional stories for the magazine O Ensaio.[1]

She graduated in pedagogy at the Bittencourt Silva School in Niterói.[1]

In 1932 she received a degree in legal science, but she never practiced as an attorney.[2]

While working as a teacher, she wrote for the newspaper A Noite. At this carioca newspaper, she met her husband, the journalist, playwright and writer, Raimundo Magalhaes Júnior,[3] whom she married in 1933.

In 1942 the couple moved to the United States, where Magalhaes Júnior worked with Nelson Rockefeller and for the New York Times. Lucia Benedetti became a correspondent for the New York Times and worked for the paper until 1945.[4]

At that time she wrote her first novel, Chico Vira Bicho e outras histórias, in collaboration with her husband. However, the literary work that marked her debut as a writer, was Entrada de serviço, published in 1942.[5]

Lúcia Benedetti is considered the precursor of the theater for children in Brazil, with the O Casaco Encantado (1948), staged by Companhia Artistas Unidos.[5]

The dramatic works of Lucia Benedetti were staged in countries like Portugal and Argentina.[6]

Lucia Benedetti is the mother of Rosa Magalhães.

Awards

• Prêmio Afonso Arinos – ABL by Vesperal com Chuva – 1950
• Prêmio de Teatro infantil – Prefeitura do Distrito Federal −1954
• Prêmio Arthur Azevedo – ABL – 1948 by O Casaco Encantado
• Prêmio A.B.C.T. – Revelação de Autor – 1949 by O Casaco Encantado
• Prêmio Teatro Infantil – Lei Jorge de Lima – 1952 by Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás

Works

Theatre for Children and Youth

• O Casaco Encantado (1948)
• Simbita e o Dragão (1948)
• A Menina das Nuvens (1949)
• Branca de Neve(1950)
• Josefina e o Ladrão (1951)
• Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás (1952)
• Sinos de Natal (1957)
• Sigamos a Estrela
• Palhacinho Pimpão

Novels

• Chico Vira Bicho (1943)
• Entrada de Serviço (1942)
• Noturno sem Leito (1947)
• Três Soldados (1955)
• Chão Estrangeiro (1956)
• Maria Isabel, Uma Vida no Rio (1960)
• O Espelho Que Vê por Dentro (1965)

Theater

• O Banquete e a Farsa
• Amores de Celeste
• Figura de Pedro (1960)

Short stories

• O Inferno de Rosauro, tal como se deu(1960)
• Vesperal com Chuva(1950)
• Nove Histórias Reunidas(1956)

Bibliography

• COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira. São Paulo: Global; Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Academia Brasileira de Letras, 2001: 2v.

References

1. Perez, Renard (1964). Editora Civilização brasileira (ed.). Escritores brasileiros contemporâneos: biografías, seguidas de antología, Volume 1.
2. Benedetti, Lúcia (1974). Serviço Nacional de Teatro, Ministério de Educação e Cultura (ed.). Teatro infantil – Latin American documents.
3. Murilo, Melo Filho. "R. Magalhães Júnior: um operário da inteligência" (PDF). Culto da Imortalidade: 9–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
4. Ministério das Relações Exteriores (1966). Editora Ministério das Relações Exteriores (ed.). Quem é quem nas artes e nas letras do Brasil. p. 352.
5. Kühner, Maria Helena (2003). Fundação Cultural de Blumenau (ed.). O Teatro dito Infantil.
6. Magalhães Júnior, Raimundo (1967). Editora Edições de Ouro (ed.). Contos brasileiros- Volume 533 de Coroa de Ouro.

External links

• Literatura Brasileira.ufsc
• Arquivo Aberto/cbtij.org