Lúcia Machado de Almeida

Who was Lúcia Machado de Almeida?

Lúcia Machado de Almeida was a Brazilian writer. She was born at a farm, in Santa Luzia city, state of Minas Gerais. She moved to Belo Horizonte, when she was a child. After that, she studied until High School at Santa Maria school, in the same city. She learnt English, French, history of arts and music.

She had three siblings: Aníbal Machado, Paulo Machado and Carolina Machado, all of whom are writers. Her husband is brother of another writer, the poet Guilherme de Almeida.

Her first published writing was a poem, "Desencanto", which appeared in the Estado de Minas newspaper,when she was fourteen years old. Some year later, she published her first book which is called Estórias do Fundo do Mar. She won a number of literary prizes such as Othon Bezerra de Mello Prize and Stella della Solidarietá Medal.