Thais Linhares

Thais Linhares, who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1970, make literature, cartoon, and comics. 

She started her career in 1988, at the age of 17, working at a comic book studio, an advertising agency, and for a big publisher.

Also specialized in Human Rights at the Federal University of Brasília – UNB, and got a Master in Communication at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, ECO-UFRJ. Outstanding awards: the one from the Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro – SEC-RJ for a script for an animated feature movie; the Jabuti Prize, the highest award in literature in Brazil for my illustration work; the White Ravens Catalog from the Munich Library; Neide Castanha Human Rights Award, for those dedicated to defending the rights of children and adolescents through culture; Article 19 Award (Anti-racist cartoon, 2019) and the Odyssée for Foreign Artist Residency – ACCR: Cultural Centers of France (2020).