Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (Portuguese: [ɐɣuʃˈtinɐ ˈβɛsɐ luˈiʃ]; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019)[1] was a Portuguese writer.[2] 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).[3][4] 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.[5][6] Director João Botelho directed A Corte do Norte based on Agustina's homonymous novel.
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Awards
editShe was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.
Works
edit- A Sibila (1954; "The Sibyl")
- ESTADOS ERÓTICOS IMEDIATOS DE SÖREN KIERKEGAARD [SØREN KIERKEGAARD'S IMMEDIATE EROTIC STAGES], 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)[7]
- 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
edit- ^ "Morreu a escritora Agustina Bessa-Luís". TVI Notícias.
- ^ "Agustina Bessa Luís - Portuguese writer". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "August Bessa Luis". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ "Agustina Bessa-Luís". agustinabessa-luis.blogs.sapo.pt. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Fandango". www.fandango.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Agustina Bessa-Luís". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Agustina Bessa-Luis". DGLAB. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Sources
edit- Jens Staubrand: Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music Works and Plays, Copenhagen 2009. In English and Danish. ISBN 978-87-92510-05-1