Zíbia Gasparetto
Zíbia Gasparetto (Campinas, July 29, 1926) is a Brazilian spiritualist writer who distinguished herself as a medium.
Of Italian descent, married the twenty years of age, with Aldo Luiz Gasparetto, with whom he had four children, including the television presenter Luiz Antonio Gasparetto.
Zíbia account that in 1950, already the mother of two children, she awoke one night with a tingling in the body. Then, would have raised and spent around the house like a man, speaking in German, a language unknown to him. The husband, surprised and frightened, turned to the aid of a neighbor, who, upon arriving at the family home, would have a prayer can restore Zíbia. The next day, Aldo Luiz went to a bookstore, where you purchased The Book of Spirits. Toge
If you like author Zíbia Gasparetto here is the list of authors you may also like
Buy books on AmazonTotal similar authors (10)
-
Raphael Montes
Lawyer and writer Raphael Montes was born in 1990, in Rio de Janeiro. His short stories have been published in several mystery anthologies, as well as magazines.
Buy books on Amazon
At the age of 20, he impressed critics and public alike with Roulette (Editora Benvirá), an action-packed crime novel that was a finalist in the 2010 Benvirá Literature Prize, the Brazilian National Library’s 2012 Machado de Assis Prize and the prestigious 2013 São Paulo Literature Prize, and has sold over 15 thousand copies.
At 24, he published his second novel, Perfect Days (Companhia das Letras), which has been phenomenally successful: translation rights have been sold to 13 territories (USA, Canada, England, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, Holland, Macau, Hong K -
Yvonne A. Pereira
Yvonne do Amaral Pereira foi uma médium brasileira, autora de diversos livros psicografados.
Buy books on Amazon
Yvonne do Amaral Pereira was a Brazilian medium, author of several books. -
Francisco Cândido Xavier
Francisco de Paula Cândido Xavier, popularly known as Chico Xavier was a popular "medium" in Brazil's Spiritism movement and wrote 412 books through a process known as psychography.
Buy books on Amazon
The profits of his books were all donated into charity work.
He influenced the establishment of Kardecist Spiritism as one of the religions professed in Brazil.
In 1981 and 1982, Chico Xavier was nominated for the Nobel peace prize and on October 3, 2012, was named as "The Greatest Brazilian of all time" by one of the biggest brazilian television channel (SBT), based on a viewer-supported survey. -
Vera Lúcia Marinzeck de Carvalho
Vera Lúcia Marinzeck de Carvalho é uma médium espírita brasileira. Desde a infância apercebeu-se de sua mediunidade, na forma de clarividência.
Buy books on Amazon
Uma vizinha emprestou-lhe a primeira obra espírita que leu, "O Livro dos Espíritos", de Allan Kardec. Passou a seguir a doutrina espírita a partir de 1975 -
Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Escritor, dramaturgo e jornalista, estudou na Escola de Comunicações e Artes da USP, freqüentou o mestrado de Teoria Literária da Unicamp e o King Fellow Program da Universidade de Stanford, na Califórnia.
Buy books on Amazon
Publicou cinco romances: Feliz ano velho (1982, Prêmio Jabuti), Blecaute (1986), Uabrari (1990), Bala na agulha (1992) e Não és tu, Brasil (1996). Publicou também o livro de crônicas As Fêmeas (1994). Foi traduzido para o inglês, espanhol, francês, italiano, alemão e tcheco. Como dramaturgo, escreveu: 525 linhas (1989); O predador entra na sala (1997); Da boca pra fora; e aí, comeu? (1999, Prêmo Shell); Mais-que-imperfeito (2000); Closet Show (2001); e No retrovisor (2002). -
Allan Kardec
Pen name for the teacher, translator and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, he was the father of Spiritism.
Buy books on Amazon
He was a member of several scholarly societies, including the Historic Institute of Paris (Institut Historique), Society of Natural Sciences of France (Société des Sciences Naturelles de France), Society for the Encouragement of National Industry (Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale), and The Royal Academy of Arras (Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts). He organized and taught free courses for the underprivileged.
For several decades he helped advance Pestalozzi's pedagogy in France, founding schools and working as a teacher, educational writer and translator. -
Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho, (June 21, 1839, Rio de Janeiro—September 29, 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He is widely regarded as the most important writer of Brazilian literature. However, he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime.
Buy books on Amazon
Machado's works had a great influence on Brazilian literary schools of the late 19th century and 20th century. José Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, Susan Sontag and Harold Bloom are among his admirers and Bloom calls him "the supreme black literary artist to date." -
Vera Lúcia Marinzeck de Carvalho
Vera Lúcia Marinzeck de Carvalho é uma médium espírita brasileira. Desde a infância apercebeu-se de sua mediunidade, na forma de clarividência.
Buy books on Amazon
Uma vizinha emprestou-lhe a primeira obra espírita que leu, "O Livro dos Espíritos", de Allan Kardec. Passou a seguir a doutrina espírita a partir de 1975 -
Allan Kardec
Pen name for the teacher, translator and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, he was the father of Spiritism.
Buy books on Amazon
He was a member of several scholarly societies, including the Historic Institute of Paris (Institut Historique), Society of Natural Sciences of France (Société des Sciences Naturelles de France), Society for the Encouragement of National Industry (Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale), and The Royal Academy of Arras (Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts). He organized and taught free courses for the underprivileged.
For several decades he helped advance Pestalozzi's pedagogy in France, founding schools and working as a teacher, educational writer and translator. -
Yvonne A. Pereira
Yvonne do Amaral Pereira foi uma médium brasileira, autora de diversos livros psicografados.
Buy books on Amazon
Yvonne do Amaral Pereira was a Brazilian medium, author of several books.