Beatriz Bracher

Beatriz Bracher
Beatriz Bracher at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2013.
Born 7 August, 1961
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, publisher

Beatriz Bracher (born August 7, 1961) is a Brazilian writer.

Bracher was born in São Paulo, and studied Brazilian and Portuguese Literature at the Pontifical Catholic Universities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[1] She was founder and editor of the literary magazine 34 Letras from 1988 to 1991 and of Editora 34 publishing house, from 1992 to 2000.[2]. Bracher's first novel, Azul e Dura, was published in 2002. Her novel Anatomia do Paraíso (2015) won the São Paulo Prize for Literature and Rio Prize for Literature.[3][4][5]

Bracher wrote the screenplay for the films Cronicamente Inviável (2000), Os Inquilinos (2009, Best Screenplay award at Festival do Rio) and O Abismo Prateado (2011).


Published books

  • 2002 - Azul e Dura - Novel
  • 2004 - Não Falei - Novel - (English translation: I Didn't Talk, translated by Adam Morris, New Directions Publishing, 2018 ISBN 978-0811227360)
  • 2007 - Antonio - Novel
  • 2009 - Meu Amor - Short stories
  • 2013 - Garimpo - Short stories
  • 2015- Anatomia do Paraíso - Novel

References

  1. ↑ "Entrevista - Beatriz Bracher - Revista Cult". revistacult.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Editora 34". www.editora34.com.br. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ↑ "I Didn't Talk". n+1. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Beatriz Bracher e Antonio Arnoni Prado vencem o Prêmio Rio de Literatura - Cultura - Estadão". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. ↑ "'Anatomia do paraíso' é escolhido o melhor romance de 2015". O Globo (in Portuguese). 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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