Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914–1977) was a Brazilian peasant who lived most of her life in a favela (slums) of São Paulo, Brazil. She is best known for her diary, which was published as Child of the Dark in 1960, after coming to the attention of a Brazilian journalist. This work remains the only document published in English by a Brazilian slum-dweller from that period.
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