Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSylvia Orthof 
Birth3 Sep 1932
Death24 Jul 1997
FatherGerhart Orthof (1903-1993)
MotherGertrud Alice Goldberg
Spouses
Notes for Sylvia Orthof
{geni:occupation} Children’s book author
{geni:about_me} Sylvia Orthof was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1932, the only child of an Austrian Jewish couple who left Vienna between the two World Wars in search of work and peace. Her immigrant parents were poor and she had a difficult childhood. She learnt to speak German first, and spoke Portuguese badly, and with an accent, until school age. At the age of 18 she went to study Drama in Paris. She returned to Brazil a year later and worked as an actressat the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédias (Brazilian Theatre of Comedies), in São Paulo, and, in Rio, performed with leading theatre and TV actors. She is a writer who is loved by many for her poetic irreverence, and has published more than 100 children’s books and books for young readers. Thirteen of her titles have been awarded the seal of ‘Highly Recommended for Children’ by the Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil (National Board of Books for Young People). Sylvia died in 1997, but to this day still exerts her influence on innumerable authors of children’s books.
Any story by Sylvia Orthof leaves you wide-eyed with fright, but not the kind of fright that makes you go weak in your knees or shiver. The fright is the fright of perplexity, our eyes opening wide within us, giving greater breadth to our thinking.
Awarded the Jabuti Prize for A Vaca Mimosa e a Mosca Zenilda (The cow Mimosa and the fly Zenilda, 1997), Sylvia had many of her works adapted for the stage. She broke down many of the stereotypes in Brazilian children’s literature, with her rebellious, neat, cheeky texts, filled with humour, provocation and frights. Sylvia Orthof’s creativity always defied any labelling. As she once commented, the classic stories in children’s literature were always written from a very male chauvinistic point of view. “No one asks Cinderella if she wants to marry the prince. Cinderella marries the prince because he has money and power. She prostitutes herself”, she said.
Besides questioning old concepts, Sylvia Orthof always lived as she wrote: entrancing people everywhere. The author of one of the greatest classics in Brazilian children’s literature, Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa (Uxa, half fairy godmother, half witch), which, in a style all its own, shows the two sides in all of us, Sylvia was crazy about gardens and flowers. And her favourite flower was the ‘maria-sem-vergonha’ (shameless Maria, the Portuguese vulgar name for impatiens). “I love this plant. At home we have a potted one on the stairs and one in the garden. These are plants which wouldn’t bloom in the flowerbed. They’re not just Marias, they’re also ‘shameless’. Some grew in between the stones of the outside wall. It’s always like that. They grow in the most unexpected places. Then a young lad wanted to cut them away from the wall, but I reacted: - ‘Don’t do that. They struggled so much for this place”, said Sylvia, in an interview. And she added: “Gardens are like books, they need attention. But I don’t like those pristine gardens, with plants that are too well pruned. Plants, like stories, have the right to wander wherever they want”.And this is what Sylvia’s stories do, and they ramble on their way, bringing readers of all ages into bloom.
“Sylvia Orthof didn’t do a degree in Languages and was never a teacher either. Her professional roots are in the theatre and television, which made her literature extremely communicative. Sylvia thought like a child did. And a very naughty one at that. With an enviable sense of humour, she managed to write about the ambivalent feelings a child has for its mother (Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa), as well as to write hilarious stories about people’s love for animals (Os Bichos Que Eu Tive – The animals I have had)”.
Rosa Amanda Strausz, writer.
WORKS
Children & Young Readers
Agir
- Vovó Viaja e Não Sai de Casa – 1994
Ática
- Tumebune, o Vaga-lume – 1995
- A Vaca Mimosa e a Mosca Zenilda – 1997
- Fada Cisco Quase Nada – 1997
- Avoada, a Sereia Voadora – 1997
- Pomba Colomba – 1998
- Maria Vai com as Outras – 1998
- A Limpeza de Teresa – 1998
- A Fraca Fracola Madame D’Angola – 1998
- As Visitas de Dona Zefa – 1998
- João Feijão – 1999
Atual
- A Poesia é uma Pulga – 1991
- Livro Aberto – 1996
- Guardachuvando Doideiras – 2005
- Quem Roubou Meu Futuro? – 2004, 2009
Braga
- Tem Minhoca no Caminho – 1995
- Canarinho, Cachorrão e a Tijela de Ração – 1996
- Mas que Bicho Lagarticho – 1996
- História Enroscada – 1997
- História Vira-lata – 1997
- História Avacalhada – 1997
- História Engatada – 1997
Ediouro
- Que Raio de História – 1994
- Mais-que-perfeita Adolescente – 1994
- Adolescente Poesia – 1996
- O Livro Que Ninguém Vai ler – 1997
Ftd
- Uma Velha e Três Chapéus – 1986
- Jogando Conversa Fora – 1986
- A Gema do Ovo da Ema – 1988
- Ave Alegria! – 1989
- São Francisco Bem Te Vi – 1993
- Meus Vários Quinze Anos – 1995
- Tem Cachorro no Salame – 1996
- Tem Cavalo no Chilique – 1996
- Tem Graças no Botticelli – 1996
- O Cavalo Transparente – 1998
- O Sapato que Miava – 1998
- A Fada Sempre-viva e a Galinha-fada – 2000
Formato
- Foi o Ovo? Uma Ova! – 1990
- Galo Galo Não Me Calo – 1992
- Ovos Nevados – 1997
Global
- Histórias Curtas e Birutas – 1997
- Ciranda de Anel e Céu – 1997
- A Décima Terceira Mordida – 1997
- O Rei Preto de Ouro Preto – 2003
- Rabiscos e Rabanetes – 2005
- Um Pipi Choveu Aqui – 2005
Lê
- A Velhota Cambalhota – 1985
- Bóia Bóia Lambisgóia – 1995
Ao Livro Técnico
- Dona Noite Doidona – 1991
- Pé de Pato – 1991
- Dumonzito – 1991
Moderna
- A Viagem de um Barquinho – 2002
Nova Fronteira
- No Fundo do Fundo-fundo, Lá Vai o Tatu Raimundo – 1984
- Se as Coisas Fossem Mães – 1984
- Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa – 1985
- Se a Memória Não Me Falha – 1987
- Nana Pestana – 1987
- Luana Adolescente, Lua Crescente – 1989
- Zoiúdo, o Monstrinho que Bebia Colírio – 1990
- Chora Não! – 1991
- Zé Vagão da Roda Fina e Sua Mãe Leopoldina – 1997
- Currupaco, paco e tal, quero ir pra Portugal – 2002
- A Bruxa Fofim – 2002
- Manual de Boas Maneiras das Fadas – 1995 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa em Paris – 1995 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa e os Sete Anjinhos – 1997 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa e a Onça Fada – 1998 (forhtcoming)
Objetiva
- Contos de Estimação: mudanças no galinheiro, mudam as coisas por inteiro – 2003,
- Eu Chovo, Tu Choves, Ele Chove... – 2003
Paulinas
- Papai Bach Família e Fraldas – 1997
- Tia Carlota Tricota – 1998
- Tia Libória Contando História – 1998
- Tia Januária é Veterinária – 1998
- Tia Anacleta e Sua Dieta – 1998
- Quincas Plim, Foi Assim – 1998
- Cadê a Peruca do Mozart? – 1998
- Bagunça Total na Cidade Imperial – 1998
- Moqueca, a Vaca – 1999
- Vovô Bastião Vai Comendo Feijão: pequenas orações para sorrir – 2000
- Dragonice Diz que Disse – 2004
Paulus
- Doce Doce Quem Comeu Regalou-se – 1987
Projeto
- Ervilina e o Princês – 1986 (forhtcoming)
Quinteto
- Duas Histórias de Pernafina – 1985
- Sou Miloquinha, a Duende – 1988
- Malaquias – 1995
- Cordel Adolescente, ó Xente! – 1998
Record
- Papos de Anjo – 1987
- As Casas Que Fugiram de Casa – 2002
- Pererê na Pororoca – 2002
- As Malandragens de um Urubu – 2002
Salamandra
- As Aventuras da Família Repinica em Busca do Tesouro - 1984
- Sonhando Santos Dumont – 1997
- Os Bichos Que Tive – 2004
Scipione
- O Inspetor Geral – 1997
SM Edições
- A Fada Lá de Pasárgada e Cabidelim, o Doce Monstrinho – 2004
Vertente
- Você Viu? Você Ouviu? – 2004
http://www.agenciariff.com.br/autores/default.asp?...a%20ORTHOF&menu=
Sylvia Orthof (Petrópolis, 1932 — Petrópolis, 1997) foi uma escritora brasileiras de livros infantis.
Além de livros, escreveu muitas peças de teatro, como Eu chovo, tu choves, ele chove e " Quem roubou meu futuro".
Em 1983 ganhou o Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura.
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Orthof
{geni:about_me} Sylvia Orthof was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1932, the only child of an Austrian Jewish couple who left Vienna between the two World Wars in search of work and peace. Her immigrant parents were poor and she had a difficult childhood. She learnt to speak German first, and spoke Portuguese badly, and with an accent, until school age. At the age of 18 she went to study Drama in Paris. She returned to Brazil a year later and worked as an actressat the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédias (Brazilian Theatre of Comedies), in São Paulo, and, in Rio, performed with leading theatre and TV actors. She is a writer who is loved by many for her poetic irreverence, and has published more than 100 children’s books and books for young readers. Thirteen of her titles have been awarded the seal of ‘Highly Recommended for Children’ by the Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil (National Board of Books for Young People). Sylvia died in 1997, but to this day still exerts her influence on innumerable authors of children’s books.
Any story by Sylvia Orthof leaves you wide-eyed with fright, but not the kind of fright that makes you go weak in your knees or shiver. The fright is the fright of perplexity, our eyes opening wide within us, giving greater breadth to our thinking.
Awarded the Jabuti Prize for A Vaca Mimosa e a Mosca Zenilda (The cow Mimosa and the fly Zenilda, 1997), Sylvia had many of her works adapted for the stage. She broke down many of the stereotypes in Brazilian children’s literature, with her rebellious, neat, cheeky texts, filled with humour, provocation and frights. Sylvia Orthof’s creativity always defied any labelling. As she once commented, the classic stories in children’s literature were always written from a very male chauvinistic point of view. “No one asks Cinderella if she wants to marry the prince. Cinderella marries the prince because he has money and power. She prostitutes herself”, she said.
Besides questioning old concepts, Sylvia Orthof always lived as she wrote: entrancing people everywhere. The author of one of the greatest classics in Brazilian children’s literature, Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa (Uxa, half fairy godmother, half witch), which, in a style all its own, shows the two sides in all of us, Sylvia was crazy about gardens and flowers. And her favourite flower was the ‘maria-sem-vergonha’ (shameless Maria, the Portuguese vulgar name for impatiens). “I love this plant. At home we have a potted one on the stairs and one in the garden. These are plants which wouldn’t bloom in the flowerbed. They’re not just Marias, they’re also ‘shameless’. Some grew in between the stones of the outside wall. It’s always like that. They grow in the most unexpected places. Then a young lad wanted to cut them away from the wall, but I reacted: - ‘Don’t do that. They struggled so much for this place”, said Sylvia, in an interview. And she added: “Gardens are like books, they need attention. But I don’t like those pristine gardens, with plants that are too well pruned. Plants, like stories, have the right to wander wherever they want”.And this is what Sylvia’s stories do, and they ramble on their way, bringing readers of all ages into bloom.
“Sylvia Orthof didn’t do a degree in Languages and was never a teacher either. Her professional roots are in the theatre and television, which made her literature extremely communicative. Sylvia thought like a child did. And a very naughty one at that. With an enviable sense of humour, she managed to write about the ambivalent feelings a child has for its mother (Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa), as well as to write hilarious stories about people’s love for animals (Os Bichos Que Eu Tive – The animals I have had)”.
Rosa Amanda Strausz, writer.
WORKS
Children & Young Readers
Agir
- Vovó Viaja e Não Sai de Casa – 1994
Ática
- Tumebune, o Vaga-lume – 1995
- A Vaca Mimosa e a Mosca Zenilda – 1997
- Fada Cisco Quase Nada – 1997
- Avoada, a Sereia Voadora – 1997
- Pomba Colomba – 1998
- Maria Vai com as Outras – 1998
- A Limpeza de Teresa – 1998
- A Fraca Fracola Madame D’Angola – 1998
- As Visitas de Dona Zefa – 1998
- João Feijão – 1999
Atual
- A Poesia é uma Pulga – 1991
- Livro Aberto – 1996
- Guardachuvando Doideiras – 2005
- Quem Roubou Meu Futuro? – 2004, 2009
Braga
- Tem Minhoca no Caminho – 1995
- Canarinho, Cachorrão e a Tijela de Ração – 1996
- Mas que Bicho Lagarticho – 1996
- História Enroscada – 1997
- História Vira-lata – 1997
- História Avacalhada – 1997
- História Engatada – 1997
Ediouro
- Que Raio de História – 1994
- Mais-que-perfeita Adolescente – 1994
- Adolescente Poesia – 1996
- O Livro Que Ninguém Vai ler – 1997
Ftd
- Uma Velha e Três Chapéus – 1986
- Jogando Conversa Fora – 1986
- A Gema do Ovo da Ema – 1988
- Ave Alegria! – 1989
- São Francisco Bem Te Vi – 1993
- Meus Vários Quinze Anos – 1995
- Tem Cachorro no Salame – 1996
- Tem Cavalo no Chilique – 1996
- Tem Graças no Botticelli – 1996
- O Cavalo Transparente – 1998
- O Sapato que Miava – 1998
- A Fada Sempre-viva e a Galinha-fada – 2000
Formato
- Foi o Ovo? Uma Ova! – 1990
- Galo Galo Não Me Calo – 1992
- Ovos Nevados – 1997
Global
- Histórias Curtas e Birutas – 1997
- Ciranda de Anel e Céu – 1997
- A Décima Terceira Mordida – 1997
- O Rei Preto de Ouro Preto – 2003
- Rabiscos e Rabanetes – 2005
- Um Pipi Choveu Aqui – 2005
Lê
- A Velhota Cambalhota – 1985
- Bóia Bóia Lambisgóia – 1995
Ao Livro Técnico
- Dona Noite Doidona – 1991
- Pé de Pato – 1991
- Dumonzito – 1991
Moderna
- A Viagem de um Barquinho – 2002
Nova Fronteira
- No Fundo do Fundo-fundo, Lá Vai o Tatu Raimundo – 1984
- Se as Coisas Fossem Mães – 1984
- Uxa, Ora Fada, Ora Bruxa – 1985
- Se a Memória Não Me Falha – 1987
- Nana Pestana – 1987
- Luana Adolescente, Lua Crescente – 1989
- Zoiúdo, o Monstrinho que Bebia Colírio – 1990
- Chora Não! – 1991
- Zé Vagão da Roda Fina e Sua Mãe Leopoldina – 1997
- Currupaco, paco e tal, quero ir pra Portugal – 2002
- A Bruxa Fofim – 2002
- Manual de Boas Maneiras das Fadas – 1995 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa em Paris – 1995 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa e os Sete Anjinhos – 1997 (forhtcoming)
- Fada Fofa e a Onça Fada – 1998 (forhtcoming)
Objetiva
- Contos de Estimação: mudanças no galinheiro, mudam as coisas por inteiro – 2003,
- Eu Chovo, Tu Choves, Ele Chove... – 2003
Paulinas
- Papai Bach Família e Fraldas – 1997
- Tia Carlota Tricota – 1998
- Tia Libória Contando História – 1998
- Tia Januária é Veterinária – 1998
- Tia Anacleta e Sua Dieta – 1998
- Quincas Plim, Foi Assim – 1998
- Cadê a Peruca do Mozart? – 1998
- Bagunça Total na Cidade Imperial – 1998
- Moqueca, a Vaca – 1999
- Vovô Bastião Vai Comendo Feijão: pequenas orações para sorrir – 2000
- Dragonice Diz que Disse – 2004
Paulus
- Doce Doce Quem Comeu Regalou-se – 1987
Projeto
- Ervilina e o Princês – 1986 (forhtcoming)
Quinteto
- Duas Histórias de Pernafina – 1985
- Sou Miloquinha, a Duende – 1988
- Malaquias – 1995
- Cordel Adolescente, ó Xente! – 1998
Record
- Papos de Anjo – 1987
- As Casas Que Fugiram de Casa – 2002
- Pererê na Pororoca – 2002
- As Malandragens de um Urubu – 2002
Salamandra
- As Aventuras da Família Repinica em Busca do Tesouro - 1984
- Sonhando Santos Dumont – 1997
- Os Bichos Que Tive – 2004
Scipione
- O Inspetor Geral – 1997
SM Edições
- A Fada Lá de Pasárgada e Cabidelim, o Doce Monstrinho – 2004
Vertente
- Você Viu? Você Ouviu? – 2004
http://www.agenciariff.com.br/autores/default.asp?...a%20ORTHOF&menu=
Sylvia Orthof (Petrópolis, 1932 — Petrópolis, 1997) foi uma escritora brasileiras de livros infantis.
Além de livros, escreveu muitas peças de teatro, como Eu chovo, tu choves, ele chove e " Quem roubou meu futuro".
Em 1983 ganhou o Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura.
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Orthof