Luisa Geisler

Luisa Geisler
Luisa Geisler
	Brazilian writer Luisa Geisler
Born	17 June 1991 (age 33); Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Period	2010
Genre	fiction
Notable works	Contos de Mentira,Quiçá, Granta Best of Young Brazilian Novelists
Notable awards	Prêmio Sesc for Writing ; 2010/2011 ;
Website
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Luisa Geisler (born 1991 in Canoas) is a Brazilian writer.^[1]

At the age of 19 she was awarded the 2010 Prêmio Sesc de Literatura (Sesc Prize for Literature) for her debut book, the short story collection Contos de Mentira.^[2] She won again the following year for the novel category with Quiçá.^[3]

In 2012, she was chosen to be part of the Granta short story collection for the Best Young Brazilian Writers. Geisler was the youngest writer to be selected for the collection.^[4]

Bibliography

Contos de Mentira: short story, 2011
Quiçá, (novel), 2012
Granta Best of Young Brazilian Novelists, (anthology; with the short story "Lion"), 2012