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socorro acioli

socorro acioli was born in fortaleza , ceará in 1975 .
she is a journalist , has a master 's degree in brazilian literature and is currently following a phd .
in literary studies at the universidade federal fluminense , rio de janeiro .
she started her career in 2001 and since then has published books of various genres , such as biographies `` frei tito '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- and `` rachel de queiroz '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , children 's short stories and youth novels .
in 2006 , she was selected to take part in a workshop called ` how to tell a tale ' , conducted by the nobel prize winner gabriel garcia marquez at the san antonio de los banõs international film and television school , cuba .
the author was selected by the very garcía márquez himself for the synopsis of the novel `` a cabeça do santo/the head of the saint '' , still unpublished .
in 2007 , she was a visiting researcher at the international youth library in munich , germany .
she has also given lectures in several countries such as portugal , bolivia and cape verde .
mrs. accioli is also a translator , essayist and literary theory teacher .
`` vende-se uma família / a family for sale '' -lrb- biruta publishing company , 2007 -rrb- , her first youth novel , tells the story of the friendship between Álvaro , the son of the owner of the largest farm in aquiraz , ceará and benício , a slave from the farm .
they become friends in their early childhood and are separated after maria luanda , benicio 's mother , is sold .
according to fernanda coutinho , teacher and literary critic , it is a narration that `` flows quickly , following the steps of the brothers until adulthood , maintaining continuously aroused the curiosity of the reader about what is to come and , at the same time , makes them look through a portrait of the brazilian family through the conjunction of customs of the three races that gave origin to it .
the leaves of the album transcribe african and indigenous rituals such as the arts of healing , the belief in the magic power of the herbs , the singing and dancing , as expressions of joy and consolation , funeral ceremonies , rituals of listening and storytelling as sources of spiritual nourishment '' .
the novel `` a bailarina fantasma '' -lrb- biruta publishing company , 2010 -rrb- , according to the literary critic , marisa lajolo , is a masterpiece , for all ages , with no contraindication .
as in every good novel , in anabela 's story truth and imagination , fact and fiction interweave with such subtlety , that the reader hardly realizes when one starts and the other finishes .
`` inventário de segredos/inventory of secrets '' -lrb- biruta publishing company , 2010 -rrb- , a string literature youth novel , tells the story of a town through the revealing of the main secrets of its inhabitants .
according to the writer marina colassanti , `` the connection with string literature is great , the narrative chain works very well , and the erotic/loving theme is handled with the humor that the genre requires . ''
`` head of the saint '' -lrb- hot key books , 2014 -rrb- is her first english-language novel for young people , translated by daniel hahn .
