Lúcia Benedetti (March 30, 1914 in Mococa, São Paulo – 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) – was a Brazilian storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator.
At this carioca newspaper, she met her husband, the journalist, playwright and writer, Raimundo Magalhaes Júnior,[3] whom she married in 1933.
In 1942 the couple moved to the United States, where Magalhaes Júnior worked with Nelson Rockefeller and for the New York Times.
[4] At that time she wrote her first novel, Chico Vira Bicho e outras histórias, in collaboration with her husband.
[5] Lúcia Benedetti is considered the precursor of the theater for children in Brazil, with the O Casaco Encantado (1948), staged by Companhia Artistas Unidos.