Patrícia Melo (born 1962 in São Paulo)Efraín Kristal, The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel, p. 118. is a Brazilian author. She has written The Killer and In Praise of Lies, among others.Staff of The New York Times, The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, p. 98. Her works have dealt with sex and violence in a heavily urbanized setting.Raymond L. Williams, The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 348.Anne Lambright, Elisabeth Guerrero, Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America, University of Minnesota Press, p. xxi.
She made her literary debut in 1994 with Acqua Toffana, and in 2001 she won the Jabuti Prize for Literature for her novel Inferno, as well as several international awards. In 1999, she was included by Time magazine among the five best Latin American authors of the new millennium. Her works have been sold to England, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain and China, among other countries.
Books published Year Title Publisher 1994 Acqua Toffana Companhia das Letras/Rocco 1995 The Killer -O Matador Companhia das Letras/Companhia de Bolso/Rocco 1998 In Praise of Lies -Elogio da Mentira Companhia das Letras/Rocco 2000 Inferno Companhia das Letras/Rocco 2003 Valsa Negra Companhia das Letras/Rocco 2006 Mundo Perdido Companhia das Letras/Rocco 2008 Jonas, o Copromanta Companhia das Letras/Rocco 2010 Ladrão de Cadáveres Rocco 2011 Escrevendo no escuro Rocco2014Fogo-fátuoRocco
Filmography Traição (1998) - screenwriter of the segment "Cachorro!" Bufo & Spallanzani (2001) - screenwriter O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) - screenwriter O Homem do Ano (2003) - based on her bookO Matador
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