Patrícia Melo

Patrícia Melo (born 1962 in São Paulo)[1] is a Brazilian author. She has written The Killer and In Praise of Lies, among others.[2] Her works have dealt with sex and violence in a heavily urbanized setting.[3][4]

Patrícia Melo
Born1962
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationWriter and author

Books published

Year Title Publisher
1994Acqua ToffanaCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
1995The Killer -O MatadorCompanhia das Letras/Companhia de Bolso/Rocco
1998In Praise of Lies -Elogio da MentiraCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
2000InfernoCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
2003Valsa NegraCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
2006Mundo PerdidoCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
2008Jonas, o CopromantaCompanhia das Letras/Rocco
2010Ladrão de CadáveresRocco
2011Escrevendo no escuroRocco
2014 Fogo-fátuo Rocco

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
gollark: APPROVAL VOTING IS SUPERIOR IN ALMOST EVERY WAY!
gollark: HERESY!
gollark: We are using approval voting, the best voting, so you can vote for both of us.
gollark: vote for gollark and gibson, yes.
gollark: Well, vote for... Gibson, then.

References

  1. Efraín Kristal, The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel, p. 118.
  2. Staff of The New York Times, The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, p. 98.
  3. Raymond L. Williams, The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2007, p. 348.
  4. Anne Lambright, Elisabeth Guerrero, Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America, University of Minnesota Press, p. xxi.


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