Dora Alencar Vasconcellos (1910–1973) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat. She served as the Brazilian ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 1970 to her death.Molly Ahye Golden heritage: the dance in Trinidad and Tobago -1978 Page 146 "THE late Senhora Dora Vasconcellos, Brazil's Ambassadress to Trinidad and Tobago between 1970 — 1973 when she passed away in Port of Spain. She was a famous poetess and she composed among her works Cancao De Amor, the ..." She was Brazil's second female diplomat to become ambassador in 1964, 9 years after Odette de Carvalho e Souza.Friaça, Guilherme (2018). Mulheres Diplomatas no Itamaraty (1918-2011). Brasília: Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão. p.220
Vasconcellos was also the first female diplomat to be named consul general of Brazil in New York, where she was responsible for organizing 1962's Bossa Nova show at Carnegie Hall. Her best-known poem is "Canção do Amor", which was performed by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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External links ENCICLOPÉDIA Dora Alencar de Vasconcellos, cônsul-adjunta (1952/58) e geral (1958/64) do Brasil em Nova York.