Maria Valéria Rezende: coloring the invisible through literature

Abstract

The life and work of Maria Valéria Rezende, with details of her literary work validated by the writer herself, is the subject of this text. Mostly formatted as an interview, it arose from the need to gathering critical resources for the thesis "Yarns of a spinning wheel and sentimental plots: weaver characters in O Continente, Os Sinos da Agoniaand O Voo da Guará Vermelha”, for the Literature's Master Program of UTFPR, focused on the research within Literature, Society, and Inter-arts. Maria Valéria Rezende gave a two-part interview, first exchanging messages with the author by social media; and secondly by an interview over the phone, recorded on February 5, 2017, in a conversation lasting one hour and seven minutes. There is also an update in the text, equally validated by the author, in 31 July 2019. The essay begins with a compilation of Maria Valéria's critical resources researched by the author, culminating in a back and forth interviewing structure, and being finalized with a conclusion, especially for this essay.