PELOS FIOS DAS MEMÓRIAS DO LIVRO E DA LEITURA: O ARQUIVO ZILA DA COSTA MAMEDE/THROUGH THE MEMORIES, BOOK AND READING' THEAD: THE ARCHIVE ZILA DA COSTA MAMEDE

The article aims making the biography of Zila Costa Mamede, who was writer, poet and librarian, emphasizing her role in the cultural universe of the production and circulation of the book in Brazil. Through theoretical and methodological approach of the New Cultural History, the authors have highlighted the main educational contributions of Mamede by means of the analysis of various documentary sources that enable understand her work for the expansion of Brazilian libraries, particularly those in Rio Grande do Norte, with the aim of breaking the boundaries of an elitist and predominant culture to know. To promote greater interaction and sharing between the formal institutions of learning and the community of readers, Zila Mamede is immortalized as an interpreter of literary and humanistic concerns of his time, especially as a pioneer in the field of librarianship in Rio Grande do Norte.