Adriana Lisboa Writer

Adriana Lisboa (born April 25, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer. She is the author of six novels, and has also published poetry, short stories and books for children. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese, her books have been translated into most major languages. Crow Blue is Lisboa's most recent novel translated into English (Bloomsbury, UK, 2013) and an Independent book of the year. Her stories and poems have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Brooklyn Rail, Litro Magazine, The Missing Slate, and others.Adriana Lisboa is one of Brazil's leading authors. Her work has been the recipient of, among others, the following honors: José Saramago Prize of Literature for Symphony in White (novel), Japan Foundation Fellowship, Brazilian National Library Fellowship, and the Newcomer of the Year Award from the Brazilian section of International Board on Books for Young People for Língua de trapos (A Tongue Made of Scraps), a book of poetry for children. In 2007, Hay Festival/Bogota World Book Capital selected her as one of the 39 most important Latin American writers under the age of 39.