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Carolina Maria de Jesus

1914 - 1977

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Her biography is available in 13 different languages on Wikipedia. Carolina Maria de Jesus is the 5,055th most popular writer, the 610th most popular biography from Brazil and the 29th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Carolina Maria de Jesus is most famous for her raw and powerful diary "Quarto de Despejo," which chronicled her struggles in the favelas of São Paulo, Brazil. Surprisingly, despite being illiterate until her thirties, she taught herself to read and write while scavenging for a living. Her work has left a lasting legacy by exposing social inequalities and inspiring global awareness of poverty in Latin America.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Carolina Maria de Jesus ranks 5,055 out of 7,302. Before her are George Washington Williams, Rita Mae Brown, Lin Shu, Fatos Kongoli, Henriette Roland Holst, and Wendela Hebbe. After her are Jean Vautrin, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Paul Louis Courier, René de Obaldia, Kim Newman, and Tomoji Abe.

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Among people born in 1914, Carolina Maria de Jesus ranks 297. Before her are Dagmar Lange, Carlo Biagi, Peter Whitehead, Daniel J. Boorstin, Juanita Moore, and Mustafa Mansour. After her are Yuri Linnik, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Josette Day, Jack Medica, Ladislav Troják, and Dmitry Lavrinenko. Among people deceased in 1977, Carolina Maria de Jesus ranks 206. Before her are Robert Lowell, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Zero Mostel, Karl Kreutzberg, Franco Albini, and Birger Rosengren. After her are Américo Tesoriere, Wilmer Allison, Károly Kós, Toma Caragiu, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, and Johann Nepomuk David.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carolina Maria de Jesus ranks 610 out of NaN. Before her are Eduardo da Silva (1983), Mirandinha (1959), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira (1907), Alex (1977), and Joaquim Nabuco (1849). After her are Levir Culpi (1953), Jô Soares (1938), Nélson Luís Kerchner (1962), Juninho Paulista (1973), Jô (1987), and João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920).

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Among Writers In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Carolina Maria de Jesus ranks 29. Before her are Gonçalves Dias (1823), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Nélida Piñon (1937), Olavo Bilac (1865), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), and Manuel Bandeira (1886). After her are João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), Erico Verissimo (1905), Castro Alves (1847), Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), and Álvares de Azevedo (1831).

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