Maria Clara Machado

Maria Clara Machado (3 April 1921, in Belo Horizonte — 30 April 2001, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian playwright, who specialized on plays for children. Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris. On her return to Brazil, she founded the acting school ''O Tablado'', in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Tablado'' was where many Brazilian actors learnt the trade and was the venue where she directed her own plays.

Among those, ''Pluft o Fantasminha'' (Pluft the Little Ghost) (1955), ''A Bruxinha que Era Boa'' (The Little Witch who was Good), ''Maroquinhas Fru-Fru'', ''O Rapto das Cebolinhas'' (The Kidnapping of the Onions), ''A Menina e o Vento'' (The Girl and the Wind), ''O Cavalinho Azul'' (The Little Blue Horse), Tribobó City, and many others.

Machado received a number of awards including the Prêmio Machado de Assis from the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Provided by Wikipedia