ABL writer and immortal writer died on Friday (28.mar) because of respiratory failure
O Body of the writer Heloisa Teixeira will be veiled at the headquarters of the ABL (Brazilian Academy of Letters), in downtown Rio de Janeiro, neThis Saturday (29.mar.2025). The ceremony will be from 15h to 19h. The documentary “Helô”, directed by Lula Buarque de Hollanda, the eldest son of literary criticism, will be displayed.
The funeral, for friends and family, will be on Sunday (30.mar.) In the penitency crematorium, in the cashew, north of Rio, from 11h to 13h.
One of the main names of feminism in Brazil, Heloisa On Friday (28.mar) at the age of 85. The cause of death was an acute insufficiency caused by pneumonia. She was hospitalized at the São Vicente Health House, in Gávea, south of Rio.
In a publication on Instagram, GLA mourned the writer’s death. “Our dear Helô was immense – and leaves an undisputed legacy of critical thinking, generosity and commitment to a fairer, plural and inclusive culture.”
Who was Heloisa Teixeira
Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Heloisa moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro at 4 years. She was the daughter of a doctor, teacher, and a housewife.
Heloisa was graduated in classic letters from PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University), with a master’s degree and doctorate in Brazilian literature at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and postdoctoral in Culture Sociology at Columbia University in New York.
She was director of the Advanced Program for Contemporary Culture of the Faculty of Letters of UFRJ. There, he coordinated the Laboratory of Social Technologies, of the University of Breedering Project, and the M Forum, open space for the debate on the issue of women at the university.
The writer took office at GLA on July 28, 2023 with new identity. Eleven days before the ceremony, she had stopped using the surname of her first husband, lawyer and gallery owner Luiz Buarque de Hollanda. At 83, he adopted the maternal surname Teixeira. The relevance of the gesture for her resulted in a back tattoo with the full name.
At the time, the president of ABL, Merval Pereira, pointed out that when he was elected he signed Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, but in diploma was already his birth name.
Recognized as one of the main voices of Brazilian feminism, he stressed, during his inaugural discourse, the gender disparity within the GLA itself. Heloisa Teixeira was elected with 34 of the 37 votes.
“We are still very few in this house: only 10 women were elected academic against a total of 339 men, which reflects the inequality between the election of men and women in GLA”The Academy was inaugurated on July 20, 1897.
