Letrux

{{Short description|Brazilian singer-songwriter, actress and writer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Letrux

| birth_name = Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes

| image = Letrux por Ana Alexandrino, Aos Prantos.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = "Letrux Aos Prantos" Photoshoot, 2020

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|5 January 1982}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| years_active = 2006–present

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| genre = Electronic music, Experimental music, Pop, Indie

}}

Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes, best known as Letrux (born 5 January 1982), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actress and writer.

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Novaes studied acting at the Casa de Artes das Laranjeiras and literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web |title=Letrux |url=http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa563594/letrux |website=Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural |access-date=16 March 2022}} She approached music as a teenager, learning to play the guitar as a self-taught musician and founding the rock band Leticias and later the electronic music group Menage à trois. In 2008, she formed with her then boyfriend Lucas Vasconcellos the duo {{Interlanguage link|Letuce|pt||it}}, with whom she recorded 3 albums.

In 2017, she embarked on a solo career, adopting the pseudonym Letrux.{{cite web |title=Letrux |url=https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/letrux/ |website= Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira |access-date=16 March 2022 |language=pt-BR}}{{cite news |title=Letícia Novaes, do Letuce, assume papel de Letrux e faz estreia solo |url=https://istoe.com.br/leticia-novaes-do-letuce-assume-papel-de-letrux-e-faz-estreia-solo/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |work=Istoé |date=19 July 2017 |language=pt-BR}} Her debut album, Letrux em Noite de Climão, won the Multishow Brazilian Music Award in the Best Album category. The album was also included in the list of the 10 best Brazilian albums of 2017 published by Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine |title=Melhores Discos Nacionais de 2017 |url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/galeria/melhores-discos-nacionais-de-2017/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=pt-br}} In 2020, she released her second album, Letrux aos Prantos;{{cite magazine |last1=Antunes |first1=Pedro |title=Aos Prantos Com Letrux |url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/aos-prantos-com-letrux-depois-do-disco-em-noites-de-climao/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=23 May 2020 |language=pt-br}}{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=Mauro |title=Letícia Novaes depura a estética de 'Climão' no álbum 'Letrux aos prantos' |url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/2020/03/14/leticia-novaes-depura-a-estetica-de-climao-no-album-letrux-aos-prantos.ghtml |access-date=16 March 2022 |work=O Globo |date=14 March 2020 |language=pt-br}}{{cite news |last1=Brêda |first1=Lucas |title=Letrux troca a noite de climão pelas lágrimas em novo disco |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2020/03/letrux-troca-a-noite-de-climao-pelas-lagrimas-em-novo-disco.shtml |access-date=16 March 2022 |work=Folha de S.Paulo |date=5 March 2020 |language=pt-BR}} the album was nominated for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.{{cite magazine |last1=Flores |first1=Griselda |title=2020 Latin Grammys: Here Are All the Winners |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/2020-latin-grammys-winners-list-9486378/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |magazine=Billboard |date=19 November 2020}} Her album Letrux como Mulher Girafa was chosen by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte as one of the 50 best Brazilian albums of 2023.{{cite web |last1=Barros |first1=Adriana de |title=APCA divulga os 50 melhores álbuns nacionais de 2023 |url=https://cultura.uol.com.br/noticias/colunas/adrianadebarros/69_apca-divulga-os-50-melhores-albuns-de-2023.html |website=TV Cultura |publisher=Fundação Padre Anchieta |access-date=15 December 2024 |location=São Paulo |language=Portuguese |date=19 January 2024}}

As an actress, Novaes took part to several films and TV-series starting from 2010. Also a writer, in 2015 she published a collection of poems entitled Zaralha: Abri a Minha Pasta.