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Maria Angélica Ribeiro
BornMaria Angélica de Sousa Rego
(1829-12-05)5 December 1829
Paraty, Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Died9 April 1880(1880-04-09) (aged 50)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian

Maria Angélica de Sousa Rego, known as Maria Angélica Ribeiro (5 December 1829 – 9 April 1880) was a Brazilian playwright. [1] She was the first Brazilian woman to have a play staged in Brazilian theater. [2]

She was the daughter of Maria Leopoldina de Sousa Rego and Marcelino de Sousa Rego. At the age of 14, she married her drawing teacher, João Caetano Ribeiro. [1]

She wrote about twenty plays.[ citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Maria Stella Orsini (31 December 1988). "Maria Angélica Ribeiro: uma dramaturga singular no Brasil do século XIX". Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese) (29): 75–82. doi: 10.11606/ISSN.2316-901X.V0I29P75-82. ISSN  0020-3874. Wikidata  Q104222850.
  2. ^ "Casa M.A.R. - Maria Angélica Ribeiro". www.flip.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 December 2020.