Nelly Novaes Coelho: Life Dedicated to Literature

Abstract

This article aims to pay a tribute to the professor Nelly Novaes Coelho highlighting aspects of her biography that range from her childhood and training to her role as a writer, professor and art critic. In order to fulfill this objective the text is segmented in four parts: in the first one, the pillars of Professor Nelly’s training are presented, being emphasized its taste for the literary art since her childhood; in the second one, we describe her performance as a university professor and its consequent action in the teaching of literature. In the third part, we expose her contributions to children’s literature and to the literature produced by women, two fields that Nelly has worked hard on in order to produce theoretical material in the field of literature; Finally, in the fourth part, the professor’s perspective on literature in the 21st century is emphasized. We also list, in this work, all the bibliographical production of the author as well as the prizes received in Brazil and abroad.