Memorial Page for Lygia Fagundes Telles (née Lygia de Azevedo Fagundes)
Brazilian novelist and short-story writer
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April 19th, 2026
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Biography
Lygia Fagundes Telles (* April 19, 1918 in Consolação District; † April 3, 2022 in São Paulo) was a brazilian novelist and short-story writer. She was 103 years old. She was married to Gofredo da Silva Teles Júnior. She studied at Law School, University of São Paulo. She received 6 awards, including Camões Prize, Prêmio Jabuti.
Life Events
9 EventsBorn in São Paulo, São Paulo
1918Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil
1941until 1961
Married Gofredo da Silva Teles Júnior
1947Prêmio Jabuti
2001Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
2001honorary doctor of the University of Brasília
2001Camões Prize
2005Juca Pato Prize
2008Died in São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Goffredo da Silva Telles Júnior
Lygia Fagundes Telles (née Lygia de Azevedo Fagundes). Forever remembered.