In the history of letters, Ana Maria Machado is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Ana Maria Machado as Brazilian children's writer.
Ana Maria Machado was born in 1941. Her recorded nationality is Brazil. She was educated at École pratique des hautes études and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Twentieth-century writing was shaped by war, exile and translation; many of its major careers were conducted across more than one language and country.
She worked as journalist, scholar and painter.
The writing is recorded in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.
Her work is classed as children's literature.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
Recognition followed: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2000).
That the work was written from Brazil matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Achievements
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) — 2000
- Genres: children's literature
