Marina Colasanti

Marina Colasanti (26 September 1937 – 28 January 2025) was an Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist. Colasanti published more than 70 books between 1968 and 2017, including works of poetry, collections of short stories and children's literature, and won Brazil's prestigious Prêmio Jabuti multiple times.

Early life Colasanti was born to Italian parents in Asmara, an old Italian colony in Eritrea, and lived in Tripoli, Libya during her infancy. Her family moved to Italy at the onset of World War II, She kept a diary from the age of nine.

Colasanti began painting as a teenager, and entered the National School of Fine Arts in 1952, where she specialized in etching.

Career

Journalism Colasanti first achieved recognition as a journalist and columnist for Jornal do Brasil, where she began working at age 22. Her first job at the paper was in the arts section, where she was an editor and illustrator. Many of her original works focused on travel and women and women's issues. She wrote her first book of poetry in 1993.

Feminist work Colasanti was a feminist, publishing four non-fiction books on the subject,

Colasanti died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 87 on 28 January 2025.

Prizes 1978 O Melhor para o Jovem, from the Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil, for Uma idéia toda azul 1993 Prêmio Jabuti: Best Children's Book, for Entre a espada e a rosa 2009 Prêmio Jabuti 2010 Prêmio Jabuti: Poetry, for Passageira em trânsito 2011 Prêmio Jabuti: Best Children's Book, for Antes de virar gigante e outras histórias 2014 Prêmio Jabuti: Fiction Book of the Year, for Breve História de um Pequeno Amor'' 2017 Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award Finalist Prêmio Jabuti: Literary Personality of the Year Prêmio Machado de Assis

Children's books

Fiction

Poetry

Short story collections

Translated works