Elvira Vigna

Elvira Vigna (29 September 1947 – 10 July 2017) was a Brazilian writer, illustrator and journalist.

Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in São Paulo, she graduated in literature at the University of Nancy in 1974 and a master's degree at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She wrote for newspapers such as O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo and edited the literary magazine A Pomba.

She wrote and illustrated children's books in the beginning of her career, moving to novels later. Vigna's works won literary prizes such as the Jabuti Prize, Machado de Assis and Oceanos.

Vigna died on 10 July 2017 in São Paulo from cancer, aged 69.