Lúcia Benedetti

Lúcia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in Mococa, São Paulo – 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) – was a Brazilian storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator.

Biography Lucia Benedetti was born in Mococa and was the daughter of Dominique Benedetti (tailor / musician) and D. Leocadia M. Benedetti As a student based in Rio de Janeiro she began writing short stories, essays and fictional stories for the magazine O Ensaio.

While working as a teacher, she wrote for the newspaper A Noite. At this carioca newspaper, she met her husband, the journalist, playwright and writer, Raimundo Magalhaes Júnior, whom she married in 1933.

In 1942 the couple moved to the United States, where Magalhaes Júnior worked with Nelson Rockefeller and for the New York Times. Lucia Benedetti became a correspondent for the New York Times and worked for the paper until 1945.

At that time she wrote her first novel, Chico Vira Bicho e outras histórias, in collaboration with her husband. However, the literary work that marked her debut as a writer, was Entrada de serviço, published in 1942.

Lúcia Benedetti is considered the precursor of the theater for children in Brazil, with the O Casaco Encantado (1948), staged by Companhia Artistas Unidos.

Lucia Benedetti is the mother of Rosa Magalhães.

Awards

Prêmio Afonso Arinos – ABL by Vesperal com Chuva – 1950 Prêmio de Teatro infantil – Prefeitura do Distrito Federal −1954 Prêmio Arthur Azevedo – ABL – 1948 by O Casaco Encantado Prêmio A.B.C.T. – Revelação de Autor – 1949 by O Casaco Encantado Prêmio Teatro Infantil – Lei Jorge de Lima – 1952 by Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás

Works

Theatre for Children and Youth

O Casaco Encantado (1948) Simbita e o Dragão (1948) A Menina das Nuvens (1949) Branca de Neve(1950) Josefina e o Ladrão (1951) Joãozinho Anda Pra Trás (1952) Sinos de Natal (1957) Sigamos a Estrela Palhacinho Pimpão

Novels

Chico Vira Bicho (1943) Entrada de Serviço (1942) Noturno sem Leito (1947) Três Soldados (1955) Chão Estrangeiro (1956) Maria Isabel, Uma Vida no Rio (1960) O Espelho Que Vê por Dentro (1965)

Theater

O Banquete e a Farsa Amores de Celeste Figura de Pedro (1960)

Short stories

O Inferno de Rosauro, tal como se deu(1960) Vesperal com Chuva(1950) Nove Histórias Reunidas(1956)