Ana Paula Arendt

Self-portrait photograph

Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980), pseudonym of R. P. Alencar, is a writer, a poet, and a Brazilian diplomat.^[1] She is an author of children books, of screenplays, and of poem collections in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, and Chinese, some poems in Latin and in German. She published Veritas Filia Mendacii Est and To Freedom. Among her most recent works are the awarded play in classical verse The Constituent, the marginal romance Thirty Bucks to the Devil, and the epic poem Penthesilea.

She was born and raised in Rondonia. She has lived in Rio Branco and spent some time at the Kaxarari tribe, in many cities of Rondonia, when she was a child, and then in São Paulo, Montevideo, and Brasilia.^[1]

Works

Marginal poetry

• Veritas Filia Mendacii Est (Portuguese, 2012)
• To Freedom (Portuguese, 2013)

Individual Poems

• "I love in Portuguese", Literature Today, Vol. 4
• "Shrine", Literature Today, Vol. 5

Classical poetry/Theatre

• The Constituent (2015, Portuguese, Martins Pena Award)^[2]
• Callista (Portuguese, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Latin, 2015)^[3]
• The Creation of Pindorama (Portuguese, 2015)^[4]
• The Venerable Virtues of Men (Portuguese, 2016). Still to be published.

Marginal fiction

• Brasil Encantado (Portuguese, 3 vols) - Monastery, Gorender Expedition, Ministry (2013)
• Thirty Bucks to the Devil (Portuguese, 2014)

Poetry written in other languages

• Penthesilea (English, 2014) Ana Paula Arendt, Luíza Manhães, R. P. Alencar. Still to be published.
• "Suele Ser Así" (Spanish, 2016). Still to be published.
• "Almost Sonnets" (English, 2016).
• "Wo de Long" (Chinese, 2016).

Translations

• Memories of the Prince of Talleyrand (Portuguese, 2015)

Essays

• The Simple Things of Life (Portuguese, 2016)

Screenplays

• "The Utopia" (English, 2013)
• "99 Noms de Dieu" (French, 2016)

Children's Fiction and Poetry

• The House of Mommy Marmoset (Portuguese, French, 2014)^[5]
• The Complete Story of the Three Wise Kings (Portuguese, 2013)
• The King and the Fairy (Portuguese, 2013)
• Convention of the Rights of Birds and Nestlings (Portuguese, 2014)
• The Breeze and the Wind (Portuguese, 2015)^[6]

References

1. "Ana Paula Arendt – Sobre a Autora". anapaulaarendt.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
2. "Amazon.com: O Constituinte (Portuguese Edition) eBook: Ana Paula Arendt, R. P. Alencar: Kindle Store". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
3. "Amazon.com: Callista (Portuguese Edition) eBook: Ana Paula Arendt, Luíza Manhães, R. P. Alencar: Kindle Store". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
4. "Amazon.com: A Criação de Pindorama (Portuguese Edition) eBook: Ana Paula Arendt, Luíza Manhães, Aminthas Angel: Kindle Store". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
5. "A Casa da Mamãe Macaquinho (Histórias Encantadas da Fada Morgana Livro 1) - by Ana Paula Arendt, Catarina Peluti Alencar, Luíza Manhães, R. P. Alencar.". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
6. "Amazon.com: A Brisa e o Vento eBook: Ana Paula Arendt, Luíza Manhães, Só Livro Bom: Kindle Store". amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.

External links

• Official website
• Literature Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Literature (Volume 4)
• "Literature Today (Vol. 4)". createspace.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
• *Literature Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Literature (Volume 5)
• "Portal Sem Fronteiras - Notícias 100% Culturais! / Resultado do Concurso Internacional UBE_RJ - 2015". redesemfronteiras.com.br. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
• "Índice de autores". seer.ufs.br. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
• "Para acessar este conteúdo é preciso ser assinante". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2016-01-13.