Maria José Dupré | |
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Born | 1905 |
Died | May 15, 1984 Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 79)
Pen name | Sra. Leandro Dupré |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | Portuguese |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Period | 1938-?? |
Genre | Novels |
Notable works | Éramos Seis (1943) |
Notable awards | Raul Pompeia Prize (1943) |
Maria José Dupré, also known as Sra. Leandro Dupré (1905 [1] – 15 May 1984 [2]), was one of the most popular and prolific Brazilian writers of the 1940s and 1950s. [1]
Born in 1905 in a small town in the state of São Paulo, Dupré published her first story "Uma Família Antiga de Jaboticabal" ("An Old Family from Jaboticabal") in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo in 1978. [1]
Dupré published her first novel, O Romance de Teresa Bernard ("The Romance of Teresa Bernard"), in 1941. [1] Her next novel, Éramos Seis, was written in 1943 and praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato and became a best-seller. [1] Chronicling the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo, the novel was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters. [1] Dupré wrote Luz e Sombra ("Light and Dark") in 1944, Gina in 1945, and Os Rodriguez ("The Rodriguezes") in 1946. [1] She published a sequel to Éramos Seis called Dona Lola in 1949. [1]
Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela five times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, 1994 and 2019.
Dupré died on 15 May 1984 in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil. [2]
Maria José Dupré | |
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Born | 1905 |
Died | May 15, 1984 Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 79)
Pen name | Sra. Leandro Dupré |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | Portuguese |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Period | 1938-?? |
Genre | Novels |
Notable works | Éramos Seis (1943) |
Notable awards | Raul Pompeia Prize (1943) |
Maria José Dupré, also known as Sra. Leandro Dupré (1905 [1] – 15 May 1984 [2]), was one of the most popular and prolific Brazilian writers of the 1940s and 1950s. [1]
Born in 1905 in a small town in the state of São Paulo, Dupré published her first story "Uma Família Antiga de Jaboticabal" ("An Old Family from Jaboticabal") in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo in 1978. [1]
Dupré published her first novel, O Romance de Teresa Bernard ("The Romance of Teresa Bernard"), in 1941. [1] Her next novel, Éramos Seis, was written in 1943 and praised by writer and critic Monteiro Lobato and became a best-seller. [1] Chronicling the struggles of a middle-class family in São Paulo, the novel was awarded the Raul Pompeia Prize for best work of 1943 by the Brazilian Academy of Letters. [1] Dupré wrote Luz e Sombra ("Light and Dark") in 1944, Gina in 1945, and Os Rodriguez ("The Rodriguezes") in 1946. [1] She published a sequel to Éramos Seis called Dona Lola in 1949. [1]
Éramos Seis has been adapted as a telenovela five times, in 1958, 1967, 1977, 1994 and 2019.
Dupré died on 15 May 1984 in Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil. [2]