Lygia Fagundes Telles
Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; Portuguese pronunciation: April 19, 1923 — April 3, 2022) was a Brazilian novelist and writer. Educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She was a recipient of the Camões Prize, the highest literary award of the Portuguese language and her works have received honors and awards from Brazil, Chile and France. She was elected as the third woman in the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1985 and holds Chair 16.
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| Full name at birth | Lygia de Azevedo Fagundes
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| Claim to fame | Ciranda de Pedra (1954) - Antes do Baile Verde (1970) - As Meninas (1973) - Seminário dos Ratos (1977) - As Horas Nuas (1989) - Invenção e Memória (2000) - ...
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1923
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| Place of birth | Sao Paulo City, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Date of death | 3 April 2022
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| Age | 98 (age at death)
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| Occupation | Novelist, short-story writer
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Lygia Fagundes Telles is known for her role in the film As Meninas (1995) as novel.
She is also known for her role in the film Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente (1976) as novel.
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