Maria Adelaide Amaral

Maria Adelaide Amaral

Maria Adelaide Amaral (born 1 July 1942, in Alfena) is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals.[1] She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights of Brazil, the other being Leilah Assunção.[2]

In 1994, Maria Adelaide Amaral biographed the Brazilian comedian Dercy Gonçalves. The book was titled Dercy de Cabo a Rabo. In 2012, Amaral adapted this book into the miniseries Dercy de Verdade.[3][4]

Despite her work as writer, she is perhaps best known to the public as an author of telenovelas, including the 2010 remake of Ti Ti Ti.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Cambridge history of Latin American literature: Brazilian ..., Volume 2 by Roberto González Echevarrı́a, pg 307
  2. ^ Tentative transgressions: homosexuality, AIDS, and the theater in Brazil by Severino João Medeiros Albuquerque, pg 32
  3. ^ "Dercy de cabo a rabo em livro e na tevê (in Portuguese)". Tribuna do Norte. 4 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Heloisa Perissé e Fafy Siqueira falam sobre a minissérie "Dercy de Verdade" (in Portuguese)". Quem magazine. 16 December 2011.
  5. ^ Ti-Ti-Ti page at Rede Globo (In Portuguese)



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