Lygia Fagundes Telles

Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles ORB • OAL • OMDCGM • HC • OI (São Paulo, April 19, 1918[note 1] – São Paulo, April 3, 2022), also known as "the lady of Brazilian literature" and " the greatest Brazilian writer" while alive,[3][4][5] was a Brazilian writer, considered by academics, critics and readers to be one of the most important and notable Brazilian writers of the 20th century and of the history of Brazilian literature. In addition to being a lawyer, novelist and short story writer, Lygia was widely represented in postmodernism, and her works portrayed classic and universal themes such as death, love, fear and madness, in addition to fantasy.[6] She was born in the city of São Paulo, but grew up in Sertãozinho and other small towns in the interior of São Paulo, and since she was a little girl she has shown an interest in literature. At the age of eight, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, staying there for five years. Back in São Paulo, he enrolled at the Caetano de Campos Education Institute and became interested in literature. His literary debut was with the book of short stories Porão e Sobrado (1938), which was well received by critics; the success was repeated with Praia Viva (1944). After completing his law course at the Largo de São Francisco Law School, in 1946, where he met Mário de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade, Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes, among others, he joined the faculty's academy of letters and collaborated with the newspapers Arcadia and The Balance. The following year, she married Gofredo Teles Júnior, with whom she had Goffredo da Silva Telles Neto, marrying again in 1962 with Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes. Her third book of short stories, O Cacto Vermelho, released in 1949, received the Afonso Arinos Award from the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Her first novel, Ciranda de Pedra, published in 1954, was well received by critics and the public, making her nationally known. In parallel with her literary career, she worked as Attorney at the Institute of Social Security of the State of São Paulo, a position she held until her retirement, and was president of the Cinemateca Brasileira, founded by her husband Paulo Emílio. The 1970s were of paramount importance for Lygia and marked her literary success and international acclaim, given that it was during that period that she published some of her most acclaimed and prestigious works: Antes do Baile Verde (1970), whose short story gives its title the book won the Grand Prix at the International Writers' Contest, in France; As Meninas (1973), which won the Jabuti Prize, from the Brazilian Chamber of Books, the Coelho Neto Prize from the Brazilian Academy of Letters and "Fiction" from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics; and Seminar dos Ratos (1977), for which he won the Pen Club of Brazil. She joined the Academia Paulista de Letras in 1982 and, in 1985, occupied chair number sixteen of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, taking office on May 12, 1987. That same year, she became a member of the Academy of Sciences in Lisbon . Among his other successes are: Verão no Aquário (1964), Mistérios (1981), As Horas Nuas (1989) and Invenção e Memória (2000). The writer had her books translated into German, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Czech, in addition to numerous editions in Portugal. Collaboration of his authorship can be found in the Portuguese-Brazilian magazine Atlântico.

Roberto Silva

30/06/2023

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