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Brazilian Academy of Letters
Ana Maria Gonçalves becomes first Black woman inducted into Brazil’s literary academy
Ana Maria Gonçalves has become the first Black woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, which was established in 1897 and modeled after the Académie Française. The 54-year-old Brazilian contemporary writer is renowned for her 950-page historical novel Um defeito de cor (A Color Defect), which she refers to as “the history of Brazil told…
