Maria Clara Machado
Brazilian playwright
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Maria Clara Machado (3 April 1921, in Belo Horizonte — 30 April 2001, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian playwright, who specialized on plays for children.
Maria Clara Machado | |
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 Maria Clara Machado | |
| Born | 3 April 1921 Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Died | 30 April 2001 (aged 80) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Genre | Children's |
| Notable awards | Prêmio Machado de Assis |
| Parents | Aníbal Machado |
Biography
Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris. On her return to Brazil, she founded the acting school O Tablado, in Rio de Janeiro. O Tablado was where many Brazilian actors learnt the trade and was the venue where she directed her own plays.
Among those, Pluft o Fantasminha (Pluft the Little Ghost) (1955), A Bruxinha que Era Boa (The Little Witch who was Good), Maroquinhas Fru-Fru, O Rapto das Cebolinhas (The Kidnapping of the Onions), A Menina e o Vento (The Girl and the Wind), O Cavalinho Azul (The Little Blue Horse), Tribobó City, and many others.
Machado received a number of awards including the Prêmio Machado de Assis from the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
External links
- Bio details[permanent dead link] - in Portuguese
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