Agustina Bessa-Luís

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.

Awards

She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.

Works

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

^ "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

Jens Staubrand: Kierkegaard International Bibliography Music Works and Plays, Copenhagen 2009. In English and Danish. ISBN 978-87-92510-05-1

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[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.

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