Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz was born on November 17, 1910 in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará.[1] During her childhood, her family spent a couple of years in Rio de Janeiro and Belém before moving back to Fortaleza.[citation needed] She died of a heart attack in her apartment in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro on November 4, 2003, about two weeks before her 93rd birthday.[citation needed] Her election, on November 4, 1977, to seat 5 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, caused some excitement among the feminists of the time.[citation needed] Received by Adonias Filho, she was the fifth occupant of the chair whose patron is Bernardo Guimarães.
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