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Brazilian writer (1912–2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elsie Lessa (1912 – 17 May 2000) was a Brazilian journalist and writer of American descent.[1]
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.jpg) Lessa in Rio de Janeiro, 1922 | |
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 17 May 2000 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Writer, reporter |
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| Children | Ivan Lessa |
| Relatives | Júlio Ribeiro (grandfather) Cornélio Pires (cousin) |
Lessa was hired as a reporter for the newspaper O Globo in 1946. From 1952 till her death in May 2000, she wrote continuously for the paper. No other writer had a permanent role with the paper for so long.[citation needed]
She was considered[by whom?] one of the two most beautiful women of her day in Rio de Janeiro, along with Adalgisa Nery). The writer Rubem Braga tells of how he followed her for a long time through the streets of downtown São Paulo, just to enjoy her beauty and grace.[citation needed]
The writer Ruy Castro, in his book Ela é Carioca said of her: "Elsie has to be placed beside the greatest masters of a genre in the language, like Rubem Braga, Paulo Mendes Campos and Fernando Sabino".[citation needed]
She was a granddaughter of the writer and grammarian Júlio Ribeiro, patron of the 24th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the creator of the flag of the State of São Paulo.[citation needed]
She was married to the writer Orígenes Lessa, with whom she had a son, the writer and journalist Ivan Lessa. Lessa later married journalist and writer Ivan Pedro de Martins. She is the grandmother of the writer Juliana Foster, and aunt and godmother of the writer and translator Sergio Pinheiro Lopes.[citation needed]
Books:[2]
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