Nélida Piñon

Nelida Pinon

Nélida Piñon (born May 3, 1937) is a Brazilian author and professor.

Life

Piñon was born in 1937 in Rio de Janeiro of Galician immigrants.

Her first novel was Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo (The Guidebook of Archangel Gabriel), written in 1961, it concerns a protagonist discussing Christian doctrine with her guardian angel. In the 1970s she became noted for erotic novels A casa de paixão (The House of Passion) and A força do destino (The Force of Destiny), written in 1977.

In 1984 she perhaps had her greatest success with A Republica dos Sonhos, English translation The Republic of Dreams. The work involves generations of a family from Galicia who emigrated to Brazil. This relates to her own family's experience.

She is a former President of Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters).

Books

• Guia-Mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo (The Guidebook of Gabriel Arcanjo) (1961)
• Fundador (Founders) (pre-1971)
• A Casa da Paixão (The House of Passion) (1972)
• A força do destino (The Force of Destiny) (1977)
• The Republic of Dreams, tr. Helen Lane, University of Texas Press (1991), ISBN 0-292-77050-2
• A doce cançao de Caetana (The Sweet Song of Caetana) (1987)

Short stories

• I love my husband.
• Big-Bellied Cow
• O Pão de Cada Dia

Awards

• Walmap Prize, 1970, for her historical novel, ´Fundador´ (Founders)
• Mario de Andrade-Prize, 1973, from the Association of Arts Critics in São Paulo for her novel, "A casa de paixão".
• Brazilian Writers’ Union Prize, 1987.
• FIL Award, 1995.
• Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, 2003

External links

• Culturebase.net