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Lygia Fagundes Telles

1923 - 2022

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Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliʒiɐ faˈɡũdʒis ˈtɛlis]; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022), also known as "the lady of Brazilian literature" and "the greatest Brazilian writer" while alive, was a Brazilian novelist and writer, considered by academics, critics and readers to be one of the most important and notable Brazilian writers in the 20th century and the history of Brazilian literature. In addition to being a lawyer, Lygia was widely represented in postmodernism, and her works portrayed classic and universal themes such as death, love, fear and madness, as well as fantasy. Born in São Paulo, and educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She was elected as the third woman in the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1985 and held Chair 16. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lygia Fagundes Telles is the 4,052nd most popular writer (up from 4,324th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 462nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 4,052 out of 7,302. Before her are Onomacritus, Leif G. W. Persson, Jurek Becker, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Zsigmond Móricz, and Gary Chapman. After her are Emmy Hennings, Andrejs Pumpurs, Bret Harte, Bohuslav Balbín, Emma Lazarus, and Marcel Jouhandeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 247. Before her are Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Charlie Mariano, Mikhail Yegorov, Inger Jacobsen, Og Mandino, and Karl-Heinz Metzner. After her are Paul Xuereb, James Arness, Ahti Karjalainen, Bror Mellberg, Vic Seixas, and Murray Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2022, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 302. Before her are Henk Groot, Steinar Amundsen, Joseph Raz, Chaim Kanievsky, Pharoah Sanders, and Hugo Fernández. After her are Carmela Corren, Vira Vovk, Michael Sela, Masato Kudo, Anatoly Alyabyev, and Alan White.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 430 out of 2,236. Before her are José de Anchieta Fontana (1940), Lisa Ono (1962), Sérgio da Rocha (1959), Edu (1949), Roberto de Assis Moreira (1971), and Jaime Lerner (1937). After her are Waldir Peres (1951), Jurandir de Freitas (1940), Silas Pereira (1965), José Faria (1933), José Lázaro Robles (1924), and Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Lygia Fagundes Telles ranks 19. Before her are José de Alencar (1829), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Rubem Fonseca (1925), and Lui Morais (1961). After her are Ana Maria Machado (1941), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Gonçalves Dias (1823), Graciliano Ramos (1892), and Nélida Piñon (1937).

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