Maria Benedita Câmara Bormann

Maria Benedita Câmara Bormann (November 25, 1853 – July 1895) was a Brazilian writer who published feminist novels and other works under the pseudonym Délia.

Early life Bormann was born in 1853 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. In 1863, Bormann moved with her family to Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of the Brazilian Empire.

Bormann's novels include Magdalena (1881),

Reception Because of their controversial treatment of female sexuality, Bormann's novels were criticized by at least two contemporary writers: Araripe Júnior dismissed Celestes protagonist as an insane erotomaniac, while Inês Sabino referred to Bormann disparagingly as a female equivalent of Émile Zola. The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature describes Bormann as one of the most important writers of her era.