Giovana Madalosso
Giovana Madalosso (born 1975) is a Brazilian writer.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Madalosso was born in Curitiba. She graduated in Journalism at the Federal University of Paraná, worked as an advertising copywriter and settled in São Paulo.[3] She faced resistance from publishers to the theme of her debut book, A Teta Racional, whose short stories dealt with her experience of motherhood and breastfeeding.[4] A Teta Racional was a finalist of the 2017 Clarice Lispector Prize.[5]
The Tokyo Suite, finalist for the 63rd Jabuti Prize in the Literary Novel category,[6] was her first book to be translated into Spanish and English.[7]
Together with Natalia Timerman and Paula Carvalho, she gathered more than 400 women writers in Pacaembu during the 2022 São Paulo Book Fair for the event A Great Day in São Paulo, inspired by the photo A Great Day in Harlem.[8] The event spread to another 50 cities, with almost 1,700 authors gathering for photos and mapping the literature produced by women in Brazil.[9] In 2020, she was one of the organizers of Memorial Inumeráveis, a project that pays tribute to the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil by telling their stories.[10] Since January 2023 she has been a columnist for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.[11]
Works
[edit]- 2016 - A Teta Racional (Grua)
- 2018- Tudo Pode Ser Roubado (Todavia)
- 2019 - Suíte Tóquio (Todavia)
- English version - The Tokyo Suite (translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato; Europa Editions, 2025)
- 2025 - Batida Só (Todavia)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Giovana Madalosso: "Sou feminista, minha literatura, não"". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Favalle, Patrícia (2022-04-01). "Giovana Madalosso: conheça a "feminista climática"". Harper's Bazaar » Moda, beleza e estilo de vida em um só site (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Reinaldo Bessa | Vozes Gazeta do Povo". www.gazetadopovo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Maciel', 'Nahima (2018-03-25). "Literatura nacional ainda sofre com pouca representatividade feminina". Acervo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Em seu primeiro romance, Giovana Madalosso experimenta o valor das coisas em São Paulo". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Cultura do Paraná celebra lista com nove finalistas no Prêmio Jabuti 2021". Governo do Estado do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Brazilian Novel About Gender Roles, Motherhood, and Capitalism". Reading in Translation. 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Mais de 400 escritoras se reúnem no Pacaembu para tirar fotografia histórica". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Autoras recriam foto histórica em SP e outras 11 cidades: 'Imagem de força'". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Félix, Victor (2020-05-11). "Memorial Inumeráveis homenageia as vítimas do coronavírus no Brasil". Portal dos Jornalistas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Escritora Giovana Madalosso é a nova colunista da Folha". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Lançamento de "Batida Só" de Giovana Madalosso aborda fé e relações humanas - Revista O Grito! — Jornalismo cultural que fala de tudo". revistaogrito.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2025-08-06.