Ana Maria Gonçalves | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) Ibiá, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Genre | novel |
Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970) is a Brazilian writer and the first black woman to join theBrazilian Academy of Letters.
Ana Maria Gonçalves was born inIbiá,Minas Gerais in 1970. She worked as an English teacher and as a publicist inSão Paulo, before deciding to pursue writing full-time, in 2012. Later that year she published her first novel.Ao lado e à margem do que sentes por mim ("Beside and at the edge of what you feel for me"). In 2006, she published the novelUm defeito de cor ("A color defect"); it received theCasa de las Américas Prize for the category Brazilian literature in 2007. In 2009, she was included in a list published by the newspaperO Globo of the best Brazilian books from the previous decade. Her short stories have been included in anthologies published in Portugal and Italy.[1]
Gonçalves was writer in residence atTulane University in 2007, atStanford University in 2008 and atMiddlebury College in 2009.[2] As of 2019, she was living inNew Orleans.[1]
In 2015, an adaptation of the book A Color Defect was announced for a television series, scheduled for release in 2021.
In December 2016, Ana Maria Gonçalves became a columnist on racial, cultural and political issues for The Intercept Brazil.[3]
On 10 July 2025, she was elected to occupy the Chair number 33 at theBrazilian Academy of Letters, in succession toEvanildo Bechara.[4]
Ana Maria Gonçalves' first novel,Ao lado e à margem do que sentes por mim, was published independently.
Her second novel,Um Defeito de Cor, was published in 2007 to widespread critical acclaim. Fellow writerMillôr Fernandes considered it the most important work published in Brazil in the XXI century, and it won prestigious awards such as theCasa de las Américas Prize.[4] The novel is a fictionalization of the life ofLuísa Mahin, a 19th century woman that participated in theMalê revolt, the largestSlave rebellion in Brazilian history, as well as theSabinada, a revolt against the imperial government. The novel was praised for its portrayal of the multicultural life inSalvador, Bahia, as well as in Brazilian communities inBenin andNigeria.
The novel was adapted as a Samba, becoming the topic of the presentation made byPortela (samba school) in theRio Carnival.[2] Gonçalves was also awarded theOrder of Rio Branco medal by the Brazilian government for her service to anti-racism.[3]
Novels
2002 - Ao lado e à margem do que sentes por mim
2006 -Um defeito de cor
Theater
2016 - Tchau, Querida!
2017 - Chão de Pequenos (Companhia Negra de Teatro)
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