Writer Nélida Piñon, first woman elected president of the ABL, dies

Nélida Piñon was traveling through Portugal – she had also recently passed through Spain – when she fell ill due to problems with her bile ducts. About 10 days ago, she underwent an emergency operation, had a complicated post-operative period, ended up in the ICU, but had recently been transferred to the room.

The Brazilian Academy of Letters is arranging the transfer of the body to Brazil and will hold the wake at its headquarters in Rio. There is no date yet.

Life and work

Born and raised in the city of Rio de Janeiro, but with roots in the Galicia region, in Spain, she is the author of novels such as A República dos Sonhos (1985) and A Casa da Paixão (1973).

Throughout her career of more than 70 years dedicated to literature, she created more than 20 works, which were published in 30 languages. Among the most recent is Um Dia Chegarei a Sagres (2020), an epic novel about which she gave an interview to Estadão (read Nélida Pinõn's last interview with the newspaper here). Tebas do Meu Coração, a 1974 novel, has just been published by Record, which publishes Nélida's books.

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