Cora Rónai was born in
Rio de Janeiro, daughter of
Hungarian-born writer
Paulo Rónai and architect and swimmer Nora Tausz Rónai. She started her career as a journalist in
Brasília, working for
Jornal de Brasília,
Correio Braziliense and as correspondent for
Folha de S.Paulo and
Jornal do Brasil in the Brazilian capital. In 1980, she returned to
Rio de Janeiro. In 1982, she left
Jornal do Brasil, where she would return to later, to focus on writing for theater and children's literature. An early adopter of computers, Rónai wrote the first column about personal computing in a Brazilian newspaper in 1987, in
Jornal do Brasil. She also was the first Brazilian journalist to have a blog,
internETC. In 2006, she published the book
Fala Foto, made entirely of photographs taken with cellphones. It was shortlisted for
Prêmio Jabuti. Rónai writes for
O Globo since 1991, where she wrote the "
Info etc". section until 2008. Currently, she writes in the "Tecnologia" section, and also in "
Segundo Caderno" (O Globo's arts and culture section). She is also an animals' rights activist. == Awards ==