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Portuguese writer (1922–2019)
Agustina Bessa-Luís in 1969

Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (Portuguese: [ɐɣuʃˈtinɐ ˈβɛsɐ luˈiʃ]; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: Fanny Owen ("Francisca"), Abraham's Valley, and The Lands of Risk ("The Convent"), in addition to the Party. Director João Botelho directed A Corte do Norte based on Agustina's homonymous novel.

Awards

She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.

Works

  • A Sibila (1954; "The Sibyl")
  • ESTADOS ERÓTICOS IMEDIATOS DE SÖREN KIERKEGAARD , Is based on Kierkegaard text from The Seducer's Diary, The immediate erotic stages or the musical-erotic, – popular name: The Don Juan-analysis -, and The Journals, 1992
  • Os Incuráveis (1956)
  • A Muralha (1957)
  • O Susto (1958)
  • Ternos Guerreiros (1960)
  • O Manto (1961)
  • O Sermão do Fogo (1962)
  • As Relações Humanas: I – Os Quatro Rios (1964)
  • As Relações Humanas: II – A Dança das Espadas (1965)
  • As Relações Humanas: III – Canção Diante de uma Porta Fechada (1966)
  • A Bíblia dos Pobres: I – Homens e Mulheres (1967)
  • A Bíblia dos Pobres: II – As Categorias (1970)
  • As Pessoas Felizes (1975)
  • Crónica do Cruzado Osb (1976)
  • As Fúrias (1977)
  • Fanny Owen (1979)
  • O Mosteiro (1980)
  • Os Meninos de Ouro (1983)
  • Adivinhas de Pedro e Inês
  • Um Bicho da Terra (1984), a biography of Uriel da Costa
  • Um Presépio Aberto (1984)
  • A Monja de Lisboa (1985) a biography of Maria de Visitação
  • A Corte do Norte (1987)
  • Prazer e Glória (1988)
  • A Torre (1988)
  • Eugénia e Silvina (1989)
  • Vale Abraão (1991)
  • Ordens Menores (1992)
  • Fake-book (1992) Aphorisms with etchings by Daniel Garbade
  • As Terras do Risco (1994)
  • O Concerto dos Flamengos (1994)
  • Aquário e Sagitário (1995) short story
  • Um Outro Olhar sobre Portugal (1995), Voyage with photographs by Pierre Rossollin and Illustrations by Maluda
  • Memórias Laurentinas (1996)
  • Um Cão que Sonha (1997)
  • O Comum dos Mortais (1988)
  • A Quinta Essência (1999)
  • Dominga (1999)
  • Contemplação Carinhosa da Angústia (2000), Anthologie
  • O Princípio da Incerteza: I – Jóia de Família (2001)
  • O Princípio da Incerteza: II – A Alma dos Ricos (2002)
  • O Princípio da Incerteza: III – Os Espaços em Branco (2003)
  • Antes do Degelo (2004)
  • Doidos e Amantes (2005)
  • A Ronda da Noite (2006)

References

  1. "Morreu a escritora Agustina Bessa-Luís". TVI Notícias.
  2. "Agustina Bessa Luís - Portuguese writer". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. "August Bessa Luis". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  4. "Agustina Bessa-Luís". agustinabessa-luis.blogs.sapo.pt. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  5. "Fandango". www.fandango.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. "Agustina Bessa-Luís". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. "Agustina Bessa-Luis". DGLAB. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

Sources

  • Jens Staubrand: Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music Works and Plays, Copenhagen 2009. In English and Danish. ISBN 978-87-92510-05-1
Laureates of the Camões Prize
Portuguese literature
1989–2000
2001–2010
2011–present


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