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Ruth Machado Lousada Rocha (born March 2, 1931 in Sao Paulo), most known as Ruth Rocha is a Brazilian writer of children's books. Together with Lygia Bojunga, Ana Maria Machado and Eva Furnari she is one of the leading exponents of the new wave of Brazilian children's literature. Rocha graduated in Political Sociology at the University of Sao Paulo and postgraduated in Educational Orientation in the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo. She became a member of the Paulista Academy of Arts since October 25, 2007, occupying the chair 38.
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Work
She debuted in the literary field in 1967, writing articles for several magazines on education, among them Claudia. In 1976, she published her first book entitled Palavras Muitas Palavras .
Her current work has more than 130 published titles, 500 editions and translations to over 25 languages; also, it has sold about 17.5 million copies in Brazil and 2.5 million copies overseas. One of her best known works is Marcelo, Marmelo, Martelo, which has sold more than two million copies.
Honors and Prizes
In 1998 she was honored by former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso with the Order of Cultural Merit from the Ministry of Culture of Brazil. In 2002 she was elected as a member of PEN CLUB - World Association of Writers in Rio de Janeiro. That same year, her book Escrever e Criar received the Jabuti Prize of Literature.