Rachel de Queiroz

Rachel de Queiroz ( born November 17, 1910 in Fortaleza, Brazil, † November 4, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian writer.

In 1915 she fled from the drought areas of the Northeast of Brazil with her family to Rio de Janeiro, but returned to study in their home state of Ceará back. In 1927 she began working as a journalist and published in 1930 her first novel O Quinze ( "The Year 15") in which they processed the experience of drought. In 1931 she again went to Rio, where she joined the Communist Party. They also wrote for numerous newspapers and magazines, including O Cruzeiro.

In addition to her narrative work Queiroz published several plays, and numerous volumes of essays. In 1977 she became the first writer member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.

• 2.1 In Germany published

Novels

• O Quinze, 1930
• João Miguel, 1932
• Caminho de pedras, 1937
• As Três Marias, 1939 The Three Marias, German by Ingrid leader, publisher Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2013

Chronicles

• A donzela e a moura torta, 1948
• Cem Cronicas escolhidas, 1958
• O brasileiro perplexo, 1964
• O caçador de tatu, 1967
• To Porch, uma talking to Açude
• O homem e o tempo
• As menininhas e outras Cronicas, 1976

Plays

• Lampião, 1953
• A beata Maria do Egito, 1958
• Teatro, 1995

Children's Books

• O menino mágico, 1969
• Cafute e Pena de Prata, 1986
• O jogador de Sinuca e mais historinhas, 1980

Autobiographies

• Nosso Ceará, 1997 ( together with her sister Maria Luiza de Queiroz Salek )
• Tantos Anos, 1998 ( together with her sister Maria Luiza de Queiroz Salek )
• Não me deixes: suas Histórias e sua cozinha, Gastronomic memories, 2000 (together with Maria Luiza de Queiroz Salek )

Published in Germany

• The year 15 (Frankfurt, 1978 ISBN 978-3-518-01595-7 )
• The Three Marias (Berlin, 2013 ISBN 978-3803127044 )