Career
She wrote over 250 books for children. Born in Petrograd, Belinky came to Brazil with her family whe she was ten years old, fleeing from the civil wars on then Soviet Union. At eighteen, after completing a preparatory course on Mackenzie University, she began working as bilingual secretary in Portuguese and English.
The couple had two sons.
The success of this work was definitive for the budding writer"s career: the couple is asked to have a fixed program on the television network. Inside television Tupi, Tatiana and Julio make the first adaptation of Monteiro Lobato"s Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo.
The couple worked on Tupi until 1966. In 1972 she began to work on television Cultura and in major newspapers of São Paulo, such as Folha de South.Paulo, Jornal da Tarde and O Estado de South. Paulo, writing articles, essays and criticism of children"s literature.
Eventually, in 1985, she emerged as a writer of books, collaborating in a children and youth series.
In 1987 published the first book, "Limeriques", published by FTD, based on the Irish limericks. From this publication, Tatiana began to work feverishly on new creations, and wrote over a hundred works. Her publications are accompanied by several literary awards, including the renowned Jabuti Prize, received in 1989.
From her vast work stand out "Coral dos Bichos", "Limeriques", "O Grande Rabanete", "Di-versos Russos", "Limerique das Coisas Boas," among others
Lately, the author has also published chronicle books and memoirs. Tatiana Belinky died at age 94, after 11 days hospitalized at Hospital Alvorada in São Paulo Paulo.