Odette de Barros Mott

Odette de Barros Mott
Born(1913-05-24)May 24, 1913
Igarapava, São Paulo, Brazil
DiedMay 21, 1998(1998-05-21) (aged 84)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationAuthor
AwardsMonteiro Lobato Award, Hans Cristian Andersen Award

Odette de Barros Mott (Igarapava, May 24, 1913 – São Paulo, May 21, 1998), Brazilian writer, known for children's fiction. With more than a million copies sold of her more than 60 titles, Odette was one of the precursors of children's literature in Brazil.[1]

Biography

Odette de Barros was born in Igarapava, in the countryside of São Paulo state, in 1913. The family moved to the state capital São Paulo when she was a child.[2] Her father, Carlos Rodrigues de Barros, self-taught and a polyglot, inspired her interest in reading and literature. Graduated from the teacher-training course at Instituto de Educação Caetano de Campos (Caetano de Campos Institute of Education) in São Paulo, she worked as an elementary schoolteacher at the Colégio de Santana. At 22 years old, in 1935, she published Tranquilidade (Tranquility), a poetry book, with preface by Correa Junior.[3] At 24 she married Italian-born naturalized Brazilian Leo Mott, and had eight children, among them historian and feminist Maria Lucia de Barros Mott, social psychologist Fúlvia Rosemberg, and anthropologist Luiz Mott. She encouraged her children to love literature from a very early age and wrote stories initially for them, which, with her later work, were published by Brazilian publishers.[4]

She wrote Aventura no País das Nuvens (Adventure in the Country of Clouds),[5] her first children's book, for her children when small. As adolescents they noted the lack of Brazilian books for children and persuaded her to publish; it was published in 1949 by Editora do Brasil.[6] After came Aventura do Escoteiro Bila (Bila the Scout's Adventure) (1964) and A Montanha Partida (The Split Mountain) (1965),[6] books for adolescents, which were read by her children and later their friends. When they were finally published, critics and the public enjoyed them.[2][4] The most reprinted are O Filho do Bandeirante (The Pioneer's Son) and Justino, o retirante (Justin the Migrant).

In 1969, Odette published O Mistério do Escudo de Ouro (The Mystery of the Gold Dubloon) and visited several schools to speak to students and teachers in literary events, in which they started to ask for her opinion on various matters such as drugs, sex, and relationships. Odette began to ponder these topics and proposed works that gave place to those discussions, provoked dialogs, and opened new horizons.[7]

The man of tomorrow must not be just another number in the mass, because the new face of this planet will largely depend on his individual metamorphosis.[7]

Odette's books had sold one million copies by 1981. She frequently communicated with students and readers, who sent incredibly varied questions to her author, seeing her as a confidant, teacher, and sometimes even as a second mother.[1][7] Many of her books were translated into other languages, and published in Braille for those with visual impairments.[1]

Awards and honours

She won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature. Three libraries in the state of São Paulo are named Odette de Barros Mott.[3]

Death

Odette wrote and produced books for many years, right until she died, on May 21, 1998 in the São Camilo hospital in São Paulo, aged 84. Her body was cremated at the Vila Alpina Crematorium.[4]

Works

Number Title Year(s) Genre Collection Editor Number of Pages
01 The 8th C Series 1976 - 1995 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense/Atual 148
02 The Nameless Witch and, The Cuckcoo Clock 1989 Children's Vozes 31
03 The Path to the South 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 106
04 The House on the Hill 1958 YA Brasil 90
05 The Story of the Two Little Turkeys 1983 YA Paulinas 100
06 The Great Illusion or The Trans-Amazonian 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 164
07 The Story Told 1988 Children's Akpalo alo Brasil 22
08 The Broken Mountain: The Mystery of the Expedition (1965) YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense/Atual 124
09 The Revolt of the Numbers 2002 Children's Dente de leite Paulinas 23
10 The Rose of the Winds 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 111
11 The Third Drawer 1986 YA Atual 62
12 The Crossing 1987 -- Atual 66
13 It Happened Yesterday 1987 About Slavery Atual 105
14 Now, Who Tells the Duckies 1987 Children's Fazendo histórias Paulinas 24
15 We Still Have Tomorrow 1998 Rose of the Times Rosa dos tempos 126
16 Tomorrow on the Beach 1997 YA Adolescer Lê 160
17 The Employees 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 89
18 On the banks of the Araguaia 1988 YA Viagem da leitura Marco Zero 63
19 Behind the Pirate Papa-Tudo 1986 YA Segundas histórias FTD 47
20 Bila the Scout's Adventure 1964 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 84
21 Adventure in the Country of Clouds 1949 Children's do Brasil 43
22 Adventures of the Little Red Fish and the Drop of Water No Date Children's do Brasil 44
23 The Crossing 1987 YA Atual 68
24 Paths 1983 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 77
25 How the Owl Learned to Sing 1988 Children's Fazendo história Paulinas 20
26 Where I Came From 1985 YA Liberdade ação do Brasil 47
27 Decision of Love 1990 YA Arco-íris Paulinas 175
28 Lady Cockroach and John the Rat 1986 Children's Editar 32
29 What Now? 1977 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 114
30 This Earth is Ours 1982 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 120
31 Me and My Family 1993 YA Adolescer Lê 127
32 Orphanage Vacation 1986 YA Akpalo do Brasil 71
33 Justin the Migrant 1972 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 96
34 Marco and the Indians of Araguaia 1988 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 108
35 Marzão 1984 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense
36 It's Really Better to be a Lioness 1986 Children's Melhoramentos 16
37 My Life as a Child 1994 YA Transalivre Lê 159
38 My Grandma has a Lion, I have an Alligator and my Cousin André has an Elephant 1988 Children's Série pique Ática 32
39 Mystery? Mysterious Love 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 96
40 In Soap Alley 1985 YA Atual 67
41 On the Roadmap of Courage 1972 YA do Brasil 174
42 Our Club 1985 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 74
43 The Dollhouse -- YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense
44 The Case of the Island 1980 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 66
45 My People's Calling 1989 YA Veredas Moderna 103
46 The Cool Kids Club 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 89
47 The Prettiest Day 1984 Children's Algodão doce 15
48 The Pioneer's Son 1980 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 52
49 The Movie in the Panda's Stomach 1982 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 94
50 The Eliza Beauty Institute 1986 YA Atual 67
51 The Dream Seller 1991 YA Veredas Moderna 80
52 The Mystery of the Doll 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 60
53 The Mystery of the Black Button 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 120

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54 The Mystery of the Gold Dubloon 1969 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 119
55 The Boy, the Girl, and the Bad Wind 2006 Children's Lazúli Nacional 41
56 The Muiraquitã 1983 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 69
57 Jesus's First Smile 1983 Children's Paulinas 20
58 The Mouse and the Moon Cheese 1994 Children's Varinha mágica Vozes 15
59 The Theft of the Little Fish 1991 YA Teatro na escola Letras & letras 31
60 Lenita's Secret 1978 Children's Biblioteca Pioneira de literatura infantil e juvenil. Série infantil Livraria Pioneira 40
61 The Detective Bunnies 1978 Children's Série patinho amarelo Melhoramentos 32
62 The Two Sides of the Coin 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 100
63 Pedro the Stonemason 1981 YA Jovens do mundo todo Brasiliense 93
64 Why did They Kidnap Soraya? 1990 YA Atual 108
65 Mr. Leo and Pintadinho 1991 Children's Série lagarta pintada Ática 94
66 Under the Cross of the Stars 1987 YA Nossa história FTD 95
67 Coward's Trauma 1992 YA Veredas Moderna 70
68 Tranquility 1935 Poems
69 The Story of Fear 1992 YA Série preta Livros do tatu 45
70 Coming with the Wind 1982 YA Girassol Moderna 40

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Mariana de Arruda Miranda (ed.). "Odette de Barros Mott foi uma das precursoras da literatura juvenil no Brasil". Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros - USP. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Odette de Barros Mott" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Livraria Saraiva. 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Mott, Luiz (2 September 2007). "Biografia de Odette de Barros Mott" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ^ a b c "Morre Odette de Barros Mott" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 23 May 1998.
  5. ^ "Odette de Barros Mott: Aventuras no País das Nuvens (1949)" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Capas de Livros (Brasil). 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b da Silva, Raquel Afonso (December 2013). "Trajetória(s) literária(s) de Odette de Barros Mott (1913-1998): uma narrativa a partir do arquivo pessoal da escritora" (PDF). Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (in Brazilian Portuguese) (57). São Paulo: 351–368. ISSN 0020-3874.
  7. ^ a b c Mott, Odette de Barros (1988). O Filme na Barriga do Panda. Editora Atual. p. 100. ISBN 978-8570561725.
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