[2][5] Her poetry was "discovered" in 1976, when at the age of 40 she sent a small collection of her poems to poet Affonso Romano de Sant’Anna.

Her work has been translated into English, Italian, and Spanish, and has been written about extensively in the critical and popular press in Brazil.

[2] The Brazilian National Library's Jornal de Poesia (Poetry Journal) polled intellectuals in 1998 to compile A Lista Dos 20 (the "List of Twenty") foremost living poets.

[8] In 2000, Adélia was featured in the prestigious Brazilian "Cadernos de Literatura Brasileira" produced by the Moreira Salles Institute.

[9] Prado was a featured reader at FLIP (Paraty International Literary Festival) in 2006, an event that drew large interest to her work.