Lúcia Machado de Almeida

Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910 – April 30, 2005 ) was a Brazilian writer. She was born in the Nova Granja farm, in São José da Lapa city, state of Minas Gerais. She moved to Belo Horizonte when she was a child. After that, she studied until High School at the Santa Maria school, in the same city. She learnt English, French, history of arts and music.

She had three siblings: Aníbal Machado, Paulo Machado and Carolina Machado, all of whom are writers. Her husband is the brother of another writer, the poet Guilherme de Almeida.

Her first published writing was a poem, "Desencanto", which appeared in the Estado de Minas newspaper when she was fourteen years old. Some year later, she published her first book called Estórias do Fundo do Mar. She won a number of literary prizes such as the Othon Bezerra de Mello Prize and the Stella della Solidarietá Medal.

Death
Lucia died on April 30, 2005, at the age of 95, in Indaiatuba, São Paulo state, from pneumonia, while spending a few days with one of her daughters. She left two daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was buried in Gethsêmani Cemetery in São Paulo.