Ângela Lago

Ângela Maria Cardoso Lago (17 December 1945 – 22 October 2017) was a Brazilian children's author and illustrator of poems dedicated to children. She began drawing at the age of three and spent time in the United States, Venezuela and Scotland early in her career. Lago published her first book in 1980 and her last in 2016. She was named the winner of the Best Illustrated Book Award which is issued by the Fundación Nacional del Libros Infantil y Juvenil de Brasil in both 1984 and 1986 and the 1995 and 2007 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava for her books Festa no Céu: Um Conto do Nosso Folclor and Joao Felizardo o rei dos negocios respectively. Lago was also named a recipient of the Jabuti Prize for Literature in each of 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005.

Biography On 17 December 1945, Ângela Maria Cardoso Lago was born in Belo Horizonte, which is the capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. She, sometimes referred to Angela-Lago with a hyphen, Lago studied at the Sion, Santa Marcelina and Sacré-Coeur de Jesus schools until 1963. After obtaining a sponsorship, Lago worked for three months doing child psycho pedagogy in Denver, Colorado, United States. She went on to work in Venezuela for three years between 1970 and 1973 as a teacher at Ciudad Guayana's School of Social Service.

Upon returning to Brazil, Lago focused on the field of children's literature. She published her first two books in 1980 when she was aged 35, She won the Slovakian 1995 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava for her book Festa no Céu: Um Conto do Nosso Folclor and again in 2007 for Joao Felizardo o rei dos negocios. Lago was also named a recipient of the Jabuti Prize for Literature in each of 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2005.

Personal life She did not have any children. and was subsequently cremated at the Belo Vale Cemetery in Santa Luzia.