Pedro Bandeira

Pedro Bandeira de Luna Filho (born March 9, 1942) is a Brazilian award-winning and best-selling[1] children's novelist and poet, best known as the author of the Os Karas series of mystery novels.

Pedro Bandeira
Bandeira in 2013
BornPedro Bandeira de Luna Filho
(1942-03-09) March 9, 1942
Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationPoet, novelist
LanguagePortuguese
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo
GenreChildren's literature, young adult fiction, children's poetry
Notable worksOs Karas, A Marca de uma Lágrima, O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha
Years active1983–present

Biography

Bandeira was born in Santos, São Paulo, on March 9, 1942. He began as an amateur theater actor and scenic painter until moving to São Paulo in 1961, where he graduated in Advertising at USP. He then found a job as a freelance copywriter for the newspaper Última Hora, until he was hired by Editora Abril in 1972 to write for children.[2] His stories were initially published in specialized magazines until O Dinossauro que Fazia "Au-Au" came out as a stand-alone book in 1983. It was critically and commercially successful, what influenced Bandeira to dedicate himself solely to children's literature.

1984 saw the release of A Droga da Obediência, the first installment of the Os Karas series; as of 2012 it has sold over 1.6 million copies. In 1986 O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti, and a film adaptation of the book, directed by Tizuka Yamasaki and starring Xuxa Meneghel, was released in 2009.[3] A Marca de uma Lágrima, which was published in 1985 and is a loose adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, won the APCA Award in 1986.

As of 2012 Bandeira's books (over 80) have sold over 23 million copies.[4] The sixth (and, according to Bandeira, final) installment of the Os Karas series, A Droga da Amizade, came out in 2014.[5] In March 2017 Bandeira announced his first novel intended for adults, Melodia Mortal, written in partnership with infectiologist Dr. Guido Levi. It was released in April 2017 by Editora Rocco.[6]

He currently lives in São Roque with his wife Lia and three children.

References
  1. Biografia: Pedro Bandeira (in Portuguese)
  2. Escola Kids » Pedro Bandeira (in Portuguese)
  3. "Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  4. Cecília Araújo (September 17, 2009). "Pedro Bandeira, o Paulo Coelho dos Juvenis". Veja (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  5. "Juvenil Pedro Bandeira volta à série que marcou gerações". Veja (in Portuguese). August 28, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  6. "Pedro Bandeira fala sobre seu novo livro, suspense adulto escrito em parceria com o médico Guido Levi". Editora Rocco (in Portuguese). March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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