Dora Vasconcellos

{{short description|Brazilian writer and diplomat}}

File:Dora Alencar de Vasconcelos, Fundo Correio da Manhã.tif

{{Expand Dutch|topic=bio|date=April 2014}}

{{one source|date=December 2018}}

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

Dora was also the first female diplomat to be named consul general of Brazil in New York,{{Cite news |title=História |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/consulado-nova-york/informacoes-gerais-do-consulado/historia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904042823/https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/consulado-nova-york/informacoes-gerais-do-consulado/historia |archive-date=2024-09-04 |access-date=2025-06-03 |work=Ministério das Relações Exteriores |language=pt-BR}} 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.{{cn|date=July 2021}}