According to the editor, on December 1, the health condition of Leonor Xavier, who had suffered from cancer for many years, deteriorated.
The commemoration takes place today from 17:00 at Capela do Rato in Lisbon. Mass with the body present will take place on Tuesday at the same location in the cemetery where the funeral will be confirmed.
For Guilhermina Gomez, editor in charge of Círculo de Leitores and Temas e Debates, where Leonor Xavier published some of her works, including the last one, There are orange trees in Athenas (2019), the death of the writer meant more than a loss. “Dear author”, but also “great friend” and “extraordinary woman.”
Expressing “deeply saddened,” Guilhermina Gomez said that a book, which Leonor called “Adolescence,” was being prepared, but “unfortunately she will not see it.” According to him, the work will be published in the future.
Leonor Xavier was born in Lisbon in 1943 and was a journalist and writer.
After completing a degree in Romance Philology from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, she moved to Brazil in 1975. She lived and worked in this country until 1987, as a correspondent for the Diário de Notícias and editor of the Máxima magazine. other publications.
She signed the biography Raúl Solnado, Life Is Not Lost in 2003 and was the author of a 1995 biography of Maria Barroso, which she titled Maria Barroso, A View of Life.
Among his works are the novels Ponte-Aérea, O Ano da Travessia, Botafogo, essays Contribution to the History of the Portuguese in Brazil, Portugal, Tempo de Paixão, The Portuguese Make Brazil and Brazilians from Portugal and chronicle “Colorado a Preto e Branco”.
On April 23, 1987 she was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Merit.
