Heloísa Maranhão

Heloísa dos Reis Maranhão (1925 – 15 December 2014) was a Brazilian novelist, playwright and short-story writer.

Life and career Heloísa Maranhão was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1925. She is a descendant of the 16th-century colonial governor Jeronimo de Albuquerque. She received a classical education, at a French-speaking boarding school run by nuns, before graduating in law from the University of Brasília. She worked as a translator and radio producer and teacher of theater. To maintain her freedom, she never married and lived for many years with her sister.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Maranhão wrote experimental theater.

Works Paixão da terra. 1958. Negra Bá: peça de teatro. 1959. Castelo interior & moradas. 1978. Lucrécia: romance. 1979. Florinda : romance policial ... com mistério. 1982. Dona Leonor Teles: romance. 1985. A rainha de Navarra: romance. 1986. Adriana: romance. 1989. Rosa Maria Egipcíaca da Vera Cruz: a incrível trajetória de uma princesa negra entre a prostituição e a santidade. 1997.