Adriana Lisboa

Adriana Lisboa

Adriana Lisboa, 2010
Born April 25, 1970
Rio de Janeiro
Occupation Writer
Nationality Brazilian, American
Genre Fiction, poetry
Website
www.adrianalisboa.com

Adriana Lisboa (born April 25, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer. She is the author of six novels, and has also published poetry, short stories and books for children. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese, her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.[1] Crow Blue is Lisboa's most recent novel translated into English (Bloomsbury, UK, 2013) [2] and was named a book of the year by The Independent (London).[3] Her stories and poems have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation,[4] The Brooklyn Rail, Litro, The Missing Slate, Joyland, Sonofabook, Waxwing, and others.

Adriana Lisboa is one of Brazil's leading authors. Her work has been the recipient of, among others, the following honors: the José Saramago Prize of Literature for Symphony in White (novel), a Japan Foundation Fellowship, a Brazilian National Library Fellowship, and the Newcomer of the Year Award from the Brazilian section of International Board on Books for Young People for Língua de trapos (A Tongue Made of Scraps), a book of poetry for children.[5] In 2007, Hay Festival/Bogota World Book Capital selected her as one of the 39 most important Latin American writers under the age of 39.[6]

Biography

Adriana Lisboa was born in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated from the Federal State University of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio) with a BFA degree in Music, and has a MFA in Brazilian Literature and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Rio de Janeiro State University (Uerj). She was a visiting scholar at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, at the University of New Mexico and at the University of Texas, Austin.[7] In 2014 she was the Distinguished Visiting Brazilian Writer at the University of California, Berkeley.

Lisboa previously worked as a musician and a translator. She started to make a living performing at eighteen as a Brazilian Jazz singer in France, and afterwards was a flautist and music teacher in Brazil. She translated into Portuguese the fiction, poetry and nonfiction of such authors as Cormac McCarthy, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stefan Zweig, Margaret Atwood, Maurice Blanchot, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others.[8]

Lisboa is a practicing Buddhist. She has been a vegan for many years, and an animal rights advocate.[9] Since 2007, she resides with her family near Boulder, Colorado.

Published works

Novels

Poetry

Short stories

For young adults

For children

Awards and Recognitions

Filmography

Still from the film “Lisboa”.

Lisboa. Documentary | 2012 | Color | HD | 30 min. Produced by Heritage Film Project, LLC, with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations | Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.. Directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley. Film based on the experiences of Brazilian Writer Adriana Lisboa now living in Louisville, Colorado. Shot in February 2012 on location in and around Boulder. Premiered on WHTJ PBS / WCVE PBS, Virginia, also aired by Rocky Mountain PBS.[12][13][14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Adriana Lisboa". Mertin-litag.de. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Crow Blue: Adriana Lisboa: Bloomsbury Circus". Bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. ↑ Boyd Tonkin (2013-11-29). "Books of the year 2013: Fiction in translation - Features - Books". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Modern Poetry In Translation - Product". Mptmagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  5. ↑ "US-Brazil Connect". Us-brazil.org. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Hay Festival Bogotá39". Hayfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Adriana Lisboa ***". Adrianalisboa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Adriana Lisboa * Bio". Adrianalisboa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  9. ↑ The Boulder (and Beyond) Vegan Meetup Group website.
  10. ↑ "2011 Literary Awards: Finalists and Judges | PEN Center USA". Penusa.org. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  11. ↑ MARCO RODRIGO ALMEIDA (28 May 2011). "Festival divulga finalistas do Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  12. ↑ International Movie Data Base IMDB
  13. ↑ Heritage Film Project
  14. ↑ Vimeo Screener
  15. ↑ Amazon.com
  16. ↑ "Lisboa menina é moça...menina" by Alejandro Ninin

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