Lygia Fagundes Telles

Biography

Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022), also known as "the lady of Brazilian literature" and "the greatest Brazilian writer" while alive, was a Brazilian novelist and writer, considered by academics, critics and readers to be one of the most important and notable Brazilian writers in the…