Letícia Wierzchowski

Letícia Wierzchowski is a Brazilian novelist best known for her novels A Casa das Sete Mulheres and Uma Ponte para Terebin. She has written fourteen other novels and children's books.

Writing

Wierzchowski was born at Porto Alegre, Brazil on June 4, 1972, the granddaughter of a Polish migrant. Wierzchowski's writing uses elements drawn from both her European family background and the background of their adopted country.
Many of her works are set in historic times of turmoil, revolution and war. Her best known book, A Casa das Sete Mulheres deals with the lives and relationships of women from a family whose men were occupied in the uprising Ragamuffin War in the mid 19th century. This novel has been translated into five languages and adapted by TV Globo on a broadcast minisseries aired in 23 countries.
Other writing such as her book of children's tales O dragão de Wawel e outras lendas polonesas are drawn directly from her Polish heritage, while the adult novel Uma ponte para Terebin tells the story of her grandfather, Jan Wierzchowski, who emigrated to Brazil in 1936, shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

List of works

Novels

Cristal Polônes O Anjo e o Resto de Nós – 1998Prata do Tempo – 1999eu@teamo.com.br – 1999A Casa das Sete Mulheres – 2002O Pintor que Escrevia – 2003Um Farol no Pampa – 2004Uma Ponte para Terebin – 2005De um Grande Amor e uma Perdição Maior Ainda – 2007Os Aparados – 2009Os Getka – 2010Neptuno – 2012Sal – 2013

Children books

O Dragão de Wawel e outras lendas polonesas – 2005Todas as Coisas querem ser Outras Coisas – 2006O Menino Paciente – 2007Era uma Vez um Gato Xadrez – 2008