Background
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz was born on the 9th of November, 1911 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the daughter of Alarico Silveira.
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz was born on the 9th of November, 1911 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the daughter of Alarico Silveira.
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz began her career as a writer in 1939 when she published “Floradas na serra” which was later translated as "Blossomings on the Hill". Her “Margarida la Rocque: A ilha dos demônios” was published in 1949. The book tells a story "that shows the depths of misery and degradation into which a human being can be hurled by jealousy and loneliness.
In 1954, de Queiroz published another popular work “A muralha” which was later translated by Roberta King and published as “The Women of Brazil”. The book is a historical epic set in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The 1968 novel “Verão dos infiéis” concerns a family's search for their missing father in Rio de Janiero.
Silveira de Queiroz wrote fiction for adults such as “A sereia verde” that was published in 1941 and translated as "The Green Mermaid", “Eles herdarão a terra” which means "They Will Inherit the Earth" that was written in 1960, “Os invasores” ("The Invaders") in 1965, “Comba Malina” in 1969, “Guida, caríssima Guida” ("Guida, Dearest Guida") in 1981.
Dinah also wrote books for children such as “As aventuras do homem vegetal” ("The Adventures of the Vegetable Man") in 1951, “A princesa dos escravos ("Princess of the Slaves") in 1966, “A baía da espuma e outras histórias” in 1979.
Dinah de Queiroz was the author of plays, including “O Oitavo Dia” ("The Eighth Day") in 1956. She translated numerous works such as “The Cruise of the Raider Wolf” by Roy Alexander in 1940, “Disputed Passage” by Lloyd C. Douglas in 1941, “Quietly My Captain Waits” by Evelyn Eaton in 1942, “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen in 1944, “Saint Joan” by George Bernard Shaw in 1951.
De Queiroz's works have been translated into French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and other languages.
Dinah's "Floradas na Serra" was adapted into a film in 1955, serialized for the radio and in comic strips, and appeared as a twenty-two-episode series for São Paulo's TV Cultura in 1982. "A muralha" was serialized on radio, published in the form of comic strips, and adapted as a television series in 1969.
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz was a Latin American literary contest winner for the short story "Pecado".
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz was married to Marcelo de Queiroz.
