Mary del Priore
Mary Lucy Murray Del Priore is a Brazilian historian and teacher. She wrote several books on the history of everyday Brazilian people during the colonial, imperial and Republican periods.
Career
Mary Del Priore completed her doctorate in Social History at the University of São Paulo and her postdoctoral degree at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. She taught History in several Brazilian universities, such as the University of São Paulo, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and Universidade Salgado de Oliveira. She collaborates with national and international journals, scientific or not.Del Priore wrote, organized or collaborated in several publications, winning titles such as the Casa Grande & Senzala Prize, awarded by the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation and the Jabuti Prize.
Awards
Source:- Prêmio Fundação Biblioteca Nacional 2009 for the book Condessa de Barral;
- Prêmio APCA 2008 for the book O Príncipe Maldito;
- Prêmio Themis CCJF ;
- Prêmio Casa Grande e Senzala ;
- Prêmio Personalidade Cultural do Ano ;
- Prêmio Casa Grande e Senzala ;
- Prêmio Manoel Bonfim ;
- Prêmio da União Brasileira de Escritores ;
- Prêmio Jabuti em duas categorias;
- Prêmio do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros do Governo da França e da Organização dos Estados Americanos ;