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of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Quarto de despejo, the best-known work by Minas Gerais writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, brings together entries from the diaries she kept while living in the Canindé favela in São Paulo. Published in 1960, the book recounts the author’s daily life raising her children, working as a paper picker and writer, her literary pursuits, her relationships, and her life with other Canindé residents. Quarto de Despejo serves as an introduction to the writing of a seminal author who has been translated into countless languages and captivates readers worldwide with her precision and literary power.
Tatiana Tiburcio is an actress, director, and casting director. She has performed with Cia dos Comuns and worked as an actress and movement/choreography director with Companhia Amok Teatro. For her performance in the play “Salina, a última vértebra,” she was nominated for a Shell Award for Best Actress in 2015. Together with Lázaro Ramos, she directed the play “O Método Grönholm,” for which she received a nomination for the Shell São Paulo Award for Best Direction in 2020. Tiburcio was responsible for casting the film Executive Order (2019) and the special Falas negras (2020), both of which were directed by Lázaro Ramos. In the latter, she played Mirtes, the mother of Miguel, a boy who was killed by his employer in Recife during the pandemic. This performance earned her the APCA Award for Best Actress. Tiburcio starred in the Paramount+ series “As Seguidoras” and the feature film “Nosso Sonho: A História de Claudinho e Buchecha,” for which she also did the casting. She starred in the Amazon series “Amar é Para os Fortes” and was one of the protagonists of the Paramount Anderson “Spider” Silva: Miniseries. Her most recent TV role was in the 2023 soap opera “Terra e Paixão.” She is currently part of the cast of the Disney+ series “Passinho, o Ritmo dos Sonhos.”
Carolina Maria de Jesus was born in Sacramento, Minas Gerais, on March 14, 1914. In search of work, she traveled with her mother through several cities in the interior of São Paulo until settling in the capital in 1947. There, she began living in the Canindé slum, located in the northern part of São Paulo. On August 19, 1960, she published "Quarto de despejo", a work in which she recounts her daily life as a paper picker and resident of Canindé. The book quickly became a publishing success. Part of her collection is in the care of the Moreira Salles Institute.