Lota de Macedo Soares facts for kids
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Lota de Macedo Soares
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| Born |
Maria Carlota Costallat de Macedo Soares
March 16, 1910 |
| Died | September 25, 1967 (aged 57) New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Architect |
Maria Carlota Costallat de Macedo Soares (March 16, 1910 – September 25, 1967) was a well-connected Brazilian woman who became a well-known landscape designer and architect. Despite not having a degree in either area, she was invited by governor Carlos Lacerda to design and oversee the construction of Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro. She was born in Paris, France into a prominent political family from Rio de Janeiro.
Biography
Lota, as she was known, had a relationship with the American poet Elizabeth Bishop from 1951 to 1967. Bishop dedicated her 1965 volume of poems Questions of Travel to her. Their relationship is depicted in the Brazilian film Reaching for the Moon, based on the book Flores Raras e Banalíssimas (in English, Rare and Commonplace Flowers), by Carmen Lucia de Oliveira, as well as in the book The More I Owe You, by American author Michael Sledge.
In 1967, Soares joined Bishop in New York City after a period of extensive hospitalization for a nervous breakdown. She died several days later.
Tribute
On March 16, 2017, Google celebrated her 107th birthday with a Google Doodle.
See also
In Spanish: Lota de Macedo Soares para niños
