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| Born | Dinah Silveira Ribeiro (1911-11-09)November 9, 1911 |
| Died | November 27, 1982(1982-11-27) (aged 71) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
Dinah Silveira Ribeiro (also known asDiná Silveira de Queirós; November 9, 1911 – November 27, 1982), was a Brazilian writer of novels, short stories, and chronicles. She received theMachado de Assis Prize.
Silveira de Queirós was born on November 9, 1911, inSão Paulo. She published her main works between 1939 and 1955. Silveira de Queirós was aMachado de Assis Prize laureate and the "second woman to be elected to theBrazilian Academy of Letters". She died November 27, 1982, inRio de Janeiro.[1] Her novelA Muralha was the basis for the 1968telenovelaA Muralha and for the 2000 television seriesA Muralha.
In 1961, she was widowed by her first husband. In 1962, she was appointed cultural attaché at the Brazilian Embassy inMadrid, and soon after married again to diplomat Dário Moreira de Castro Alves, with whom she moved toMoscow, in the then Soviet Union. During this period, she wrote chronicles that were later included in the 1969 volume Café da Manhã. In 1964 she returned to Brazil, to return to Europe again two years later, settling in Italy. Dinah died on November 27, 1982, in the city ofRio de Janeiro.
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