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Carolina Maria de Jesus was born in Sacramento, in the interior of Minas Gerais, on March 14, 1914. The granddaughter of slaves and the daughter of an illiterate washerwoman, Carolina grew up in a family with seven more siblings.

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In 1924, in search of opportunities, his family moved to Lageado, where they worked as farmers on a farm. In 1927, they returned to Sacramento.

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At the age of 23, she loses her mother and goes to the capital where she works as a cleaning lady at Santa Casa de Franca and, later, as a domestic servant. In 1948, he moved to the Canindé favela. In the following years, Carolina was the mother of three children, all from different relationships.

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In 1958, the reporter for the Folha da Noite newspaper, Audálio Dantas, was assigned to report on the Canindé favela and, by chance, one of the houses visited was that of Carolina Maria de Jesus. Carolina showed him her diary, surprising the reporter. Audálio was amazed by the story of that woman.

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On May 19, 1958, Audálio published part of the text, which received several accolades. In 1959, the magazine O Cruzeiro also published some excerpts from the diary.
Only in 1960 was the autobiographical book “Quarto de Espejo: Diário de uma Favelada” published, edited by Audálio Dantas.

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Carolina Maria de Jesus died in São Paulo on February 13, 1977.