Ana Maria Machado

Ana Maria Machado ( born December 24, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer, journalist and painter, who is especially known for her children's books.

Life

Ana Maria Machado studied literature in Rio de Janeiro. Over ten years she worked for the Radio Rádio Jornal do Brasil. It belonged in 1980 to the founders of the first children's bookstore in Brazil, the bookstore Malasartes in Rio de Janeiro.

International recognition was told Ana Maria Machado 2000 with the award of the literature prize Hans Christian Andersen Award. Since 2012 she has served as President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.

Academia Brasileira de Letras

Ana Maria Machado, was admitted to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL), the Brazilian Academy of Letters in Rio de Janeiro on 24 April 2003. She's in succession Evandro Lins e Silva, the owner of the sixth named after Adelino Fontoura seat number 1 your choice as the second female president in succession by Marcos Vilaça, in whose office she was already general secretary of the Academy, followed on 8 December 2011.

Works

Children's books published in Germany

• Why the little dolphin is doing somersaults and other stories. Ravensburg, 1992
• Bisa Bia - Bisa Bel. Hamburg 1988
• The rainbow. Göttingen 1989

Children's Books

• Uma vontade louca
• Amigo é comigo
• Isso Ninguém Me Tira
• Bento Bento que é o Frade
• Bisa Bia, Bisa Bel ( Novela ), 1981
• De olho nas penas
• Raul because ferrugem azul
• Do outro mundo
• O canto da Praça
• Bem do seu tamanho
• Tudo ao mesmo tempo agora
• O Que É?
• Dandinha danda
• Abrindo Caminho
• Alguns Medos e Seus Segredos
• Era Uma Vez Três
• O Gato do Mato e o Cachorro do Morro
• A jararaca, a perereca e a Tiririca
• Menina Bonita do Laço de Fita
• O Misterio da ilha
• Amigos Secretos

Literature for Adults

• Alice e Ulisses, 1984 (novel)
• Aos Quatro Ventos, 1993 (novel)
• A Audacia dessa Mulher, 1999 (novel)
• Canteiros de Saturno, 1991 (novel)
• Como e Por Que os Ler Clássicos Universais desde Cedo, 2002, ( Contains chapters on literary classics )
• Contra Corrente, 1999 ( essays )
• Democracia, 1983, ( essays )
• Esta Força Estranha, 1998 ( biography)
• O Mar Nunca Transborda, 1995 (novel)
• Para Sempre, 2001 (novel)
• Recado do Nome, 1976 ( thesis )
• Texturas - sobre Leituras e Escritos, 2001, ( essays )
• Tropical Sol da Liberdade, 1988 (novel)