Erika de Vasconcelos
Encyclopedia
Erika de Vasconcelos is a Portuguese
Canadian novelist.
to recent immigrants from Portugal
, de Vasconcelos has one sister, Paula, now a theatrical director. A graduate of Marianopolis College
, with a degree in English and a certificate in Interior Design, she decided to seriously pursue writing in her 30s after her 10th class reunion at Marianopolis College
. Her first novel, My Darling Dead Ones, was published in 1997. She followed up with Between the Stillness and the Grove in 2000.
de Vasconcelos is divorced, with two daughters. She resides in Toronto
.
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
Canadian novelist.
Biography
Born in 1965 in MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
to recent immigrants from Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, de Vasconcelos has one sister, Paula, now a theatrical director. A graduate of Marianopolis College
Marianopolis College
Marianopolis College is a private, subsidized CEGEP in Montreal nestled against the side of Mount Royal in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the smallest anglophone colleges, with a student body of fewer than 2,000...
, with a degree in English and a certificate in Interior Design, she decided to seriously pursue writing in her 30s after her 10th class reunion at Marianopolis College
Marianopolis College
Marianopolis College is a private, subsidized CEGEP in Montreal nestled against the side of Mount Royal in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the smallest anglophone colleges, with a student body of fewer than 2,000...
. Her first novel, My Darling Dead Ones, was published in 1997. She followed up with Between the Stillness and the Grove in 2000.
de Vasconcelos is divorced, with two daughters. She resides in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
Books by this author
- Between the Stillness and the Grove (Knopf Canada, 2000)
- My Darling Dead Ones (Knopf Canada, 1997) - this title was published in the New Face of Fiction program.
External links
- http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=60710
- http://www.mcdermidagency.com/authInfo.cfm?auth=76&userID=6
- http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/052997/art1.html
- https://repositorioaberto.univ-ab.pt/handle/10400.2/545