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First Black woman elected to Brazil's Academy of LettersCEFR A1
25 Jul 2025
Adapted from Fernanda Canofre, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Osarugue Igbinoba, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- Ana Maria Gonçalves was elected on July 10.
- She is a writer from Minas Gerais.
- She is the first Black woman in the Academy.
- The Academy is the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
- Members are often called 'immortals'.
- She wrote a famous novel called Um defeito de cor.
- She also teaches creative writing and writes plays.
- The Academy had few women before her election.
Difficult words
- elect — choose someone for a job or positionelected
- writer — a person who writes books or stories
- academy — a group for writers and literature
- immortal — a person with lasting fame or honorimmortals
- novel — a long book with a fictional story
- teach — give lessons or help people learnteaches
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Discussion questions
- Do you like to read novels?
- Have you seen a play?
- Do you want to be a writer?
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