Andréa del Fuego facts for kids

Andréa del Fuego at the Gothenburg Book Fair, 2014.

Andréa del Fuego, whose real name is Andréa Fátima dos Santos, was born in 1975. She is a famous Brazilian writer. She uses "Andréa del Fuego" as her pen name, which is like a special writing name.

Biography

Andréa del Fuego grew up in São Paulo, Brazil. She studied Philosophy at the University of São Paulo. She writes many different kinds of books, including novels, short stories, and books for young adults.

When she first started writing in 1998, Andréa wrote short articles called crônicas for a radio station magazine. She also answered questions from readers. This is when she chose her pen name, "del Fuego."

She has also contributed to many collections of short stories. Her first novel, Os Malaquias, came out in 2010. This book tells the story of three siblings who become orphans after their parents are struck by lightning. For this powerful book, Andréa del Fuego won the important José Saramago Prize in 2011.

Published Works

Andréa del Fuego has written many books for different age groups.

Novels

• 2010 – Os Malaquias
• 2013 – As Miniaturas
• 2021 – A Pediatra

Short Stories

She has published several collections of short stories, including:

• 2004 – Minto enquanto posso
• 2005 – Nego tudo
• 2007 – Engano seu
• 2009 – Nego fogo

Books for Young Adults

Andréa del Fuego has also written books specifically for young adult readers, such as:

• 2007 – Blade Runner
• 2008 – Quase caio
• 2008 – Crônica
• 2013 – Sociedade da Caveira de Cristal

Children's Books

She has written books for younger children too:

• 2010 – Irmãs de pelúcia

Anthologies

Andréa del Fuego's short stories have appeared in many anthologies (collections of stories by different authors), including:

• Os cem menores contos brasileiros do século (2004)
• 30 mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira (2005)
• Geração zero zero (2011)
• Escritores escritos (2010)
• Galeria do sobrenatural (2009)
• Futuro presente (2009)
• Um rio de contos – antologia luso-brasileira (2009, Portugal)
• O livro vermelho dos vampiros (2009)
• Blablablogue (2009)
• O Pequeno Príncipe me disse (2009)
• Pitanga – 52 micro-contos (2008, Portugal)
• Capitu mandou flores (2008)
• Contos de algibeira (2007)
• 35 segredos para chegar a lugar nenhum (2007)
• 69/2 contos eróticos (2006)
• Doze (2006)
• Fábulas da Mercearia – uma antologia bêbada (2004)

See Also

In Spanish: Andréa del Fuego para niños