Heloneida Studart (April 25, 1932 – December 3, 2007) was a Brazilian writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, advocate for women's rights, and political figure.
At the age of nine, while studying at the Imaculada Conceição de Fortaleza school, she wrote a children's story entitled A Menina Que fugiu do Frio ("The girl who fled the cold"), and it is said that her writing career began after that.
By the age of sixteen, she was living in Rio de Janeiro, and working as a columnist for the newspaper O Nordeste.
Despite having a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Brazil, she worked as a journalist for decade as well as ten years as editor of Manchete magazine.
Studart was elected six times as Deputy of the state of Rio de Janeiro, by the Workers Party.