Famous People with Name Lyra

Carmen Lyra            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carmen Lyra: was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer, born Maria Isabel Carvajal. She was politically active, in the Communist Party, and was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies.

João José Pereira De Lyra            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

João José Pereira De Lyra: is a lawyer , industrial and political Brazil with operations in Alagoas . Father of Pedro Collor , was elected alternate senator for the PDS in 1982, took effect in 1988 with the election of William Palm mayor of Maceio . After a passage through the PMDB migrated to the PSC and was defeated for reelection to try the newly created state of Roraima in 1990. Also the brother of Senator Carlos Lyra , was elected federal deputy by PTB in 2002 and defeated candidate for governor in 2006, was re-elected congressman in 2010.

Manuel Mora Valverde            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Manuel Mora Valverde: was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer, born Maria Isabel Carvajal. She was politically active in the Communist Party of Costa Rica, and was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies. Her first novel En una silla de ruedas (In a Wheelchair), in 1918, portrays national customs and manners through the eyes of a paralysed boy who grows up to become an artist, with a strong dose of sentimentalism and intimations of the bohemian life of San Jose. A collection of folk tales Cuentos De Mi Tia Panchita (Tales of My Aunt Panchita) was published in 1920 and has remained continuously in print; the entirety of this collection appears in English translation in Horan's "The Subversive Voice of Carmen Lyra." In 1948, she was forced into political exile in Mexico after the Costa Rican Civil War and died there. The Costa Rica Legislative Assembly awarded her the honour of Benemérita de la Cultura Nacional in 1976.