Diná Silveira de Queirós

Dinah Silveira Ribeiro, better known as Diná Silveira de Queirós (November 9, 1911 in São Paulo – November 27, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian writer of novels, short stories, and chronicles. She published her main works between 1939 and 1955. Silveira de Queirós was a Machado de Assis Prize laureate and the "second woman to be elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters". Her novel, A Muralha was the basis for the Brazilian telenovela, A Muralha.

Selected works

• 1939 - Floradas na Serra, novel
• 1941 - A Sereia Verde, short stories
• 1949 - Margarida La Rocque, novel
• 1951 - As Aventuras do Homem Vegetal, children's fiction
• 1954 - A Muralha, novel
• 1956 - O Oitavo Dia, play
• 1957 - As Noite do Morro do Encanto, short stories
• 1960 - Era Uma Vez Uma Princesa, biography
• 1960 - Eles Herdarão a Terra, short stories
• 1965 - Os Invasores, novel
• 1966 - A Princesa dos Escravos, biography
• 1968 - Verão dos Infiéis, novel
• 1969 - Comba Malina, short stories
• 1969 - Café da Manhã, chronicle
• 1974 - Eu Venho, Memorial do Cristo I
• 1977 - Eu, Jesus, Memorial do Cristo II
• 1979 - Baía de Espuma, children's fiction
• 1981 - Guida, Caríssima Guida, novel

Co-authored works

• 1960 - Antologia Brasileira de Ficção-científica, short stories
• 1961 - Histórias do Acontecerá, short stories
• 1962 - O Mistério dos MMM, novel
• 1962 - Quadrante 1, chronicle
• 1963 - Quadrante 2, chronicle

External links

• Diná Silveira de Queirós at Academia Brasileira de Letras