Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina Bessa-Luís was born in Vila Meã (Amarante) in 1922. Her father's family was from the north of Portugal and her mother was Spanish.

She lived her childhood and teenagehood in the region of Douro, Minho and then Coimbra in 1948. She married Alberto Oliveira Luís in 1945 and after 1948 she moved to Oporto.

She started writing at the age of 16 and in 1950 she published her first novel, Mundo Fechado. In 1952 her talent was recognized with the award Delfim de Guimarães, for her book Sibila, which also received the award Eça de Queirós the next year.

In 1958, she gave her first steps in theatre, writing the play O inseparável.

Between 1986 and 1987 she was the director of the diary O Primeiro de Janeiro in Oporto. Between 1990 and 1993 s

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