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

Beatriz Bracher
Beatriz Bracher at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2013.
Beatriz Bracher at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in 2013.
Born7 August 1961
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, screenwriter, publisher

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 the 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

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Novels

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  • 2002 - Azul e Dura
  • 2004 - Não Falei (English translation: I Didn't Talk, translated by Adam Morris, New Directions Publishing, 2018 ISBN 978-0811227360)
  • 2007 - Antonio (translation in progress. English, New Directions; Italian: Utopia)
  • 2015 - Anatomia do Paraíso

Short stories

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  • 2009 - Meu Amor
  • 2013 - Garimpo

References

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  1. ^ "Entrevista - Beatriz Bracher - Revista Cult". revistacult.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 March 2010. 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 Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. ^ "'Anatomia do paraíso' é escolhido o melhor romance de 2015". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-02-23.