Adriana Lisboa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adriana Lisboa

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1970

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Profession: writer, poet, translator, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Adriana Lisboa (born April 25, 1970) 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.
Crow Blue is Lisboa's most recent novel translated into English (Bloomsbury, UK, 2013) and was named a book of the year by The Independent (London).
Her stories and poems have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation, 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.
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.