Patrícia Melo

Patrícia Melo, 2020

Patrícia Melo (born October 2, 1962 in Assis (São Paulo) ) is a Brazilian writer mainly of crime novels .

Life

Melo published her first detective novel in 1994. In 2001 she was awarded the most important Brazilian literary prize, the Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura , for her fourth novel, Inferno , and in 1998 the German Crime Prize for O Matador . Since 1998 she has also been writing scripts for film and television. Her novels, several of which have been translated into German, are socially critical stories about crime and violence in metropolitan Brazil

Patrícia Melo has been married to the conductor John Neschling since 2012 .

Works

Novels

• 1994: Acqua Toffana
  • I kill, you die, by Barbara Mesquita; Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 3-608-93559-2
• 1995: O Matador
  • O Matador, German by Barbara Mesquita; Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1997. ISBN 3-608-93686-6
• 1998: Elogio da Mentira
  • Who Lies Wins, by Barbara Mesquita; Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1999. ISBN 3-608-93522-3
• 2000: Inferno
  • Inferno, German by Barbara Mesquita; Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003. ISBN 3-608-93231-3
• 2003: Valsa Negra
  • Black Waltz, German by Barbara Mesquita: Droemer, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-426-19696-4
• 2006: Mundo Perdido
• 2008: Jonas, o Copromanta
• 2010: Ladrão de Cadáveres
  • Corpse thief, German by Barbara Mesquita; Tropen, Stuttgart 2013. ISBN 978-3-608-50118-6
• 2011: Escrevendo no escuro
• 2014: Fogo-Fátuo
  • Deceptive light, German by Barbara Mesquita; Tropen, Stuttgart 2016. ISBN 978-3-608-50215-2
• 2017: Gog Magog
  • The neighbor, German from Barbara Mesquita; Tropen, Stuttgart 2018. ISBN 978-3-608-50387-6

Scripts

• 1998: Traição - TV series, screenplay for the episode Cachorro!
• 2001: Bufo & Spallanzani - adaptation of the novel by Rubem Fonseca
• 2001: O Xangô de Baker Street
• 2003: O Homem do Ano - film adaptation of their novel O Matador

Web links

• Literature by and about Patrícia Melo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Patrícia Melo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
• Video interview with Patricia Melo on her novel Who Lies Wins (October 11, 2012 / 3Sat-Fernsehen , accessed on April 22, 2013
• Portrait of Patricia Melos on culturmag.de by Doris Wieser, May 31, 2008 , accessed on April 22, 2013)