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
  1. Morreu a escritora Agustina Bessa-Luís
  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


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