Maria BEATRIZ Rosário de ALCÂNTARA was born in Fortaleza - CE and lived in Portugal - Lisbon and Beira-Serra - until she was 19. She has double nationality, being both Brazilian and Portuguese. She majored in Letters by Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) and has a Master's Degree in Literature by Universidade de Brasília (UNB). She is Assistant Professor of French Language and Literature at Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE). Married, mother of two children, Daniela (architect) and Leonardo (attorney).

Member of the Academy of Letters of Ceará (chair nº 16). Member of the Academy of Letters and Sciences of São Lourenço (chair nº 70). Former directress of the José de Alencar Theater in Fortaleza. Published all seven issues of the literature magazine Revista Seara de Literatura and general coordinator of the four first issues of ESPIRAL: Revista de Literatura. Collaborator of literature magazines in Brazil, Portugal and Argentina and has taken part of many Brazilian anthologies. She wrote a weekly page about literature in O Povo newspaper, called "Companhia do Escritor" ("Writer's Companion), from 1990 to1991.

1. Personalidade Feminina em Destaque (Feminine Personality in Focus), ACF of Fortaleza, 1976.
2. Henriqueta Galeno Award, with short story "MARIA", O POVO newspaper, Fortaleza, CE.
3. Alencarian Order Award of Merit of the Labor Court, Official Degree, TRT - CE.
4. Honorable Mention in the Carlos Drummond de Andrade Award, with the book Água da Pedra (Stone Water), UBE, Rio de Janeiro.
5. Edition Award, Words of Love Literary Contest, with the poem "CARTA" ("LETTER"), Casa do Novo Autor Editora, São Paulo.
6. 2nd Award, III Writers' Contest of Year 2000, with the book Diálogo (Dialogue) ,Editora Koinonias, Casca, Rio Grande do Sul.
7. Woman of the Year 2000, Culture, Sport and Tourism Foundation of Fortaleza - FUNCET.
8. OPUN CONCOURS, 10th National Contest of Published Books (1.600 subscriptions), ALECI-MG, with the book O Portal e a Passagem (The Door and the Passage), poetry.
9. Crystal Eagle Award of Brazilian Literature, Academy of Letters and Science of São Lourenço, MG.
10. 90 Years Trophy of José de Alencar Theater, Fortaleza, CE.
11. Peregrino Júnior Medal - Cultural Merit, Brazilian Writers' Association, UBE, RJ.
12. Honorable Mention at Jorge de Lima Award, Academy Carioca of Letters, RJ.
13. Person of the Year, VIII Light Woman of Ceará, Caesar Park Organizations.
14. 1st Award, 11th National Contest of Published Books, ALECI-MG, with the book Água da Pedra (Stone Water).
15. Moreira Campos Medal, Brazilian Writers' Association, UBE, RJ.

1. 1973 - La Revolte Positive de Simone de Beauvoir (The Positive Revolt of Simone de Beauvoir), essay.
2. 1977 - Boletim de Poesia - Poetry Bulletin (partnership with Lídia Brito and Glícia Rodrigues).
3. 1985 - Fernando Pessoa e o Momento Futurista de Álvaro de Campos (Fernando Pessoa and the Futurist Moment in Alvaro de Campos), essay.
4. 1988 - O Outro Lado do Olhar (The Other Side of Sight), short stories (partnership with Samira Abrahão, Joyce Cavalccante, Stela Maris Resende and Glícia Rodrigues).
5. 1992 - La Parure, play.
6. 1993 - A Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos (The Brazilic Academy of the Forsaken), essay.
7. 1993 - Daquém e Dalém-Mar (On this side and on that side of the Ocean), short stories.
8. 1997 - Água da Pedra (Stone Water), poetry.
9. 1999 - O Portal e a Passagem (The Door and the Passage), poetry.
10. 2000 - Amor nos Trópicos e Águas dos Trópicos (Love in the Tropics and Waters of the Tropics) - a selection in partnership with Lourdes Sarmento.
11. 2001 - Raízes do Tempo (Roots of Time), poetry.