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Heloneida Studart

Biography

Heloneida Studart was born in 1932 in Fortaleza. She wrote her first novel when she was nine. She moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was sixteen and became a journalist. She soon started writing novels but was also involved in political activity. She was arrested and imprisoned for her opposition to the military dictatorship. She was released and continued to write novels. She was also very much involved in feminism. She was later elected State Deputy for Rio de Janeiro, and re-elected five times, and held various posts during her parliamentary career. In addition to novels, she wrote essays, travel works and journalistic articles. She died in 2007. None of her work has been translated into English.

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Heloneida Studart (in Portuguese)
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Uma Escritora Feminista: Fragmentos De Uma Vida (in Portuguese)
Interview (in Portuguese)
Uma escritora feminista: fragmentos de uma vida (in Portuguese)
Interview (in Portuguese)
Obituary (in Portuguese)

Bibliography

1953 A primeira pedra (novel)
1955 Dize-me o teu nome! (novel)
1963 A culpa (novel)
1968 Deus não paga em dólar (novel)
1968 No reino da boneca encantada (children’s)
1969 Mulher, brinquedo do homem? (feminism)
1970 A deusa da rádio e outros deuses (novel)
1975 O pardal é um pássaro azul (novel)
1975 Mulher : objeto de cama e mesa (feminism)
1978 China : o Nordeste que deu certo (travel)
1981 O Pardal é um pássaro azul (novel)
1981 O estandarte da agonia (novel)
1986 O torturador em romaria (novel)
1990 Mulher, a quem pertence teu corpo? : uma reflexão sobre a sexualidade feminina (feminism)
2000 Jesus de Jaçanã : a história de um anjo da guarda que seguiu o sem-terra chamado Jesus (novel)
2000 Selo das despedidas (later: Sem dizer adeus) [Seal of Farewell] (novel)
2006 Luiz, o santo ateu (biography)