Anna Mariano

Anna Mariano was born in Porto Alegre and has a Law degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. In 2006, she quit her la practice and published her first book of poems, OLHOS DE CADELA (DOG’S EYES), shortlisted for the Açorianos Prize for Literature. In 2011, she was shortlisted for the Literary Fact Prize, awarded by Grupo RBS. Her first novel, ATADO DE ERVAS (BENCH OF HERBS), published by L&PM, was shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize for Literature as best debut novel.

In 2017, she published PARA AMANHECER ONTEM (TO DAWN YESTERDAY), also by LP&M, shortlisted for the Rio Grande do Sul Writers’ Association Prize. This novel is currently being adapted for the screen by Anna Mariano, Letícia Wierzchowski and Diego Muller, and will become a movie directed by Thiago Lacerda and Werner Schünneman. In 2019, she published a second collection of poems, APENAS POR NÓS CHORAMOS (WE CRY FOR OURSELVES ONLY), by Penalux, winner of the AGES Prize, awarded by the Rio Grande do Sul Academy of Letters, as well as the Açorianos Literature Prize.

WHISPERS OF THE LAND (MURMÚRIOS DA TERRA)

In a narrative that blends fiction and factual history, love stories, family recipes, and events that gave shape to a country, Murmurs of the Land follows four decades in the lives of men and women of different backgrounds and ethnicities who defied fate in search of new opportunities. At the heart of this journey are Cecília and Palmira, two strong and resilient women, whose paths span generations. As they face challenges, losses, prejudice, and fresh starts, their lives intersect in a country undergoing profound transformation, shaped by the advancing agricultural frontier and the migratory movements that led thousands of families to leave the colonies of the South and venture into the then-solitary vastness of the Center-West and North of Brazil.

With sensitivity and historical rigor, award-winning author Anna Mariano recovers an unknown chapter of Brazilian history. Above all, she tells a dramatic and moving family saga about the murmurs that echo across generations, reminding us that a family’s true inheritance lies not in what it accumulates, but in the legacy it chooses to preserve.

Publication/Status: Published by Globo (Brazil) in July 2026.

“Anna has an extraordinary ability to tell stories, laying bare her characters. She reveals them in their always incomplete humanity. They are as palpable as my son, who is, right now, fumbling for something in the kitchen drawers, but at the same time, they are amalgams that Anna masters with profound wisdom and talent.”

Letícia Wierzchowski, writer