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Marina Colasanti

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Marina Colasanti
Colasanti in 2012
Born(1937-09-26)26 September 1937
Asmara, Italian Eritrea
Died29 January 2025(2025-01-29) (aged 87)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materEscola Nacional de Belas Artes
Years active1968–2017
Spouse
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(m. 1971)​

Marina Colasanti (26 September 1937 – 29 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

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Colasanti was born to Italian parents in Asmara, an old Italian colony in Eritrea,[1][2] and lived in Tripoli, Libya during her infancy.[3] Her family moved to Italy at the onset of World War II,[3] where she lived for 11 years. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1948[1][3] due to the difficult conditions in Europe after World War II.

Colasanti became interested in stories from a young age. At age six, her parents gifted her a set of abridged classics.[4] She kept a diary from the age of nine.[5]

Colasanti began painting as a teenager, and entered the National School of Fine Arts in 1952, where she specialized in etching.[3][6]

Career

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Journalism

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Colasanti first achieved recognition as a journalist and columnist for Jornal do Brasil, where she began working at age 22.[4][7] Her first job at the paper was in the arts section, where she was an editor and illustrator.[7] After the editor in charge of the children's section was detained under Brazil's military dictatorship, Colasanti was asked to step in.[6] She left the paper in 1973.[6] In 1975, she assisted in founding Nova, a woman's magazine.[8] As an editor there, she published pieces on feminism and gender issues.[4][7]

Writing

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Colasanti published more than 70 books, including works of poetry, collections of short stories and children's literature.[9] Many of her original works focused on travel and women and women's issues.[8] She also worked as a translator of Italian literature.

She published her first book, Eu Sozinha, in 1968.[2][9] Colasanti published an orignal short story in Jornal do Brasil, where she worked as an editor, which sparked her interest in writing and rewriting fairy tales.[6] Many of her short stories were originally published in the Jornal, and later compiled and published as short story collections.[8] She published her first children's book, Uma idéia toda azul (A True Blue Idea), in 1978.[3] The book, a collection of original fairy tales which also featured her own illustrations, saw great success, and was also published in France, Spain, Latin America, and the United States.[3][10] She wrote her first book of poetry in 1993.[3] She released her final book, Tudo Tem Principio e Fim, in 2017.[9]

Colasanti won the Prêmio Jabuti ten times.[11]

Feminist work

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Colasanti was a feminist, publishing four non-fiction books on the subject,[3] including Mulher daqui pra frente in 1981.[8] In 1985, she was nominated to the first National Council for Women's Rights.[8][9]

Personal life

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Colasanti married the writer Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna in 1971; the couple had two daughters.[9][12]

Colasanti died in Rio de Janeiro on 28 January 2025, at the age of 87.[13]

Prizes

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Works

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  • Tudo Tem Princípio e Fim. 2017. ISBN 978-8583820598.[9]
  • Antes de virar gigante e outras histórias (2011)[11]
  • Acontece na cidade. Ática. 2005.
  • O homem que não parava de crescer. Global Editora. 2005. ISBN 9788526009820.
  • Uma estrada junto ao rio. 2005. ISBN 978-8532255792.
  • A amizade abana o rabo. 2001. ISBN 9788516030919.
  • Esse amor de todos nós. 2000. ISBN 978-8532511676.
  • Um amor sem palavras. 1995. ISBN 978-8526006492.
  • De mulheres, sobre tudo. Editora Ediouro. 1993. ISBN 85-00-92662-7.
  • Ofélia, a ovelha. 1989.[18]
  • O menino que achou uma estrela. 1988. ISBN 978-8526006485.
  • Aqui entre nós. Rocco. 1988. OCLC 317697631.
  • Um amigo para sempre. 1988. ISBN 9788596010429.
  • O verde brilha no poço. 1986. ISBN 978-85-260-0662-1.
  • Doze reis e a moça no labirinto do vento. 1982.[19]
  • A morada do ser. 1978. ISBN 978-8501069283.

Children's books

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Fiction

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  • Breve História de um Pequeno Amor. 2014.[11]

Novellas

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  • Eu Sozinha. 1968.[8]

Essays and memoirs

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  • Mulher daqui pra frente. Nordica. 1981.[8][22]
  • E por falar em amor. Rocco. 1984.[8]
  • Intimidade pública. 1990.[8]
  • Eu sei mas não devia. Rocco. 1996.[8]
  • A casa das palavras. Ática. 2002.[8]
  • Fragatas para terras distantes. 2004.[6]
  • Minha guerra alheia. 2010.[2]

Poetry

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  • Rota de colisão. Rocco. 1994.[11][8]
  • Gargantas abertas. Rocco. 1998.[8]
  • Fino sangue. Record. 2005.[8]
  • Minha Ilha Maravilha. Ática. 2007. ISBN 9788508110667.
  • Passageira em trânsito. 2010.[11]

Short story collections

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  • Zooilogico. Imago. 1975.[8]
  • Contos de amor rasgado. Rocco. 1986.[8]
  • Histórias de amor. Para gostar de ler. Vol. 22. Ática. 1997. ISBN 978-8508154586.
  • Longe como o meu querer. Ática. 1997.[6]
  • O leopardo é um animal delicado. Rocco. 1998.[8]
  • Penélope manda lembranças. Ática. 2001.[8]
  • 23 histórias de um viajante. Global Editora. 2005.[8]
  • Hora de alimentar serpentes. 2013.[17]

Translated works

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Marina Colasanti". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095622879. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  2. ^ a b c Salomão, Sonia Netto; Marchis, Giorgio de; Celani, Simone (2014-10-18). Italia, Portogallo, Brasile: un incontro di storia, lingua e letteratura attraverso i secoli: Atti del I Convegno dell'AISPEB - Roma, 24 e 25 maggio 2012. Edizioni Nuova Cultura. p. 161. ISBN 978-88-6812-365-9.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Marina Colasanti: Author–Brazil". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 59 (4): 9–9. 2021. ISSN 1918-6983.
  4. ^ a b c Castro, Graças Monteiro (2024). "Marina Colasanti: An All-Blue Brazilian Idea". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 62 (3): 22–24. ISSN 1918-6983.
  5. ^ "Escritora Marina Colasanti faz 80 anos e lança vários livros". Bem Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Villalba, Galia Ospina (2015-09-28). "Entrevista a Marina Colasanti". Revista Babar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  7. ^ a b c Sharpe-Valadares, Peggy (December 31, 1988). "The Blurring of Boundaries in the Life and Work of Marina Colasanti". Women and Language. 11 (2). Urbana: 56 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w André, María Claudia; Bueno, Eva Paulino (2014-01-09). Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-72634-0.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Aos 87 anos, morre no Rio a escritora Marina Colasanti". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  10. ^ Goss, Theodora. "A True Blue Idea by Marina Colasanti (review)". Marvels & Tales. 36 (1). Detroit: 122–123. Retrieved 2025-01-30 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Pinotti, Fernanda. "Quem foi Marina Colasanti? Escritora ítalo-brasileira morreu nesta terça". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  12. ^ "Marina Colasanti lança segundo volume de 'Classificados e nem tanto'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  13. ^ "Escritora Marina Colasanti morre aos 87 anos no Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
  14. ^ "Marina Colasanti e Laurentino Gomes ganham o Prêmio Jabuti 2014". Pop & Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  15. ^ "Marina Colasanti, XIII Premio Iberoamericano SM". Revista Babar (in Spanish). 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  16. ^ Kantor |, Emma. "Bologna 2024: Heinz Janisch and Sydney Smith Win 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  17. ^ a b c d Redação, Da (2024-11-11). "Marina Colasanti recebe homenagem do Prêmio Jabuti como personalidade literária de 2024". RD - Jornal Repórter Diário (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30. Cite error: The named reference ":8" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  18. ^ Karlo-Gomes, Geam; Santos, Maria Eugênia dos (2019). "Literatura e imaginário educacional em Ofélia, a ovelha, de Marina Colasanti". Itinerarius Reflectionis (in Portuguese). 15 (4): 01–20. doi:10.5216/rir.v15i4.58952. ISSN 1807-9342.
  19. ^ "Falleció la escritora italobrasileña Marina Colasanti, a los 87 años". HJCK (in Spanish). 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  20. ^ Santos, Theusley Magalhães dos; Souza, Edilson Alves de; Franca, Vanessa Gomes (2015). "AS PERSONAGENS FEMININAS NOS CONTOS "ENTRE A ESPADA E A ROSA", DE MARINA COLASANTI, E "A PRINCESA COM ROUPA DE COURO", DE ANGELA CARTER". Anais do Seminário de Educação, Linguagem e Tecnologias (SELT) (in Portuguese). 3 (1). ISSN 2238-3735.
  21. ^ Carrijo, Silvana Augusta Barbosa (2017-03-09). "DE MULHERES E SÍMBOLOS: FIGURAS DO FEMININO NO BILDUNGSROMAN "ANA Z. AONDE VAI VOCÊ?"". Revista Temporis[ação] (in Portuguese). 9 (1): 32–40. ISSN 2317-5516.
  22. ^ a b Quinlan, Susan Canty (1991). The Female Voice in Contemporary Brazilian Narrative. P. Lang. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8204-1281-8.
  23. ^ Veloso, Gabriela Lages (2024-09-26). "Quando a primavera chegar". Imirante.
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