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Agustina Bessa-Luís

Biography

Agustina Bessa-Luís was born Maria Agustina Ferreira Teixeira de Bessa in Amarante in 1922. Her father was a businessman, her mother was half-Portuguese, half-Spanish. The family moved frequently when Bessa-Luís was a child. When she was ten, she was sent to Porto and, apart from a five-year stay in Coimbra, spent the rest of her life there. She started writing fairly early and her work soon had considerable success. She went on to write many novels, stories, plays, essays biographies and children’s works. She died in 2019. None of her work has been translated into English.

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Bibliography

1948 Mundo Fechado ( story)
1950 Os Super-Homens (novel)
1951-1953 Contos Impopulares (novel)
1953 A Sibila [The Sibyl] (novel)
1956 Os Incuráveis (novel)
1957 A Muralha (novel)
1958 O Susto (novel)
1960 Ternos Guerreiros (novel)
1961 O Manto (novel)
1961 Embaixada a Calígula (travel)
1962 O Sermão do Fogo (novel)
1964 As Relações Humanas: I Os Quatro Rios (novel)
1965 As Relações Humanas: II A Dança das Espadas (novel)
1966 As Relações Humanas: III Canção Diante de uma Porta Fechada (novel)
1967 A Bíblia dos Pobres: I Homens e Mulheres (novel)
1970 A Bíblia dos Pobres: II As Categorias (novel)
1971 A Brusca (contos)
1975 As Pessoas Felizes (novel)
1976 Crónica do Cruzado OSB (novel)
1977 As Fúrias (novel)
1979 Fanny Owen Fanny Owen] (novel)
1979 A Vida e a Obra de Florbela Espanca (biography)
1979 Conversações com Dimitri e Outras Fantasias (articles)
1979 Florbela Espanca (biography)
1979 Santo António (biography)
1980 O Mosteiro (novel)
1980 Arnaldo Gama — “Gente de Bem” (essay)
1981 A Mãe de um Rio (texto e fotografia) (essay)
1981 Camilo e as Circunstâncias (essay)
1981 Dostoievski e a Peste Emocional (literature)
1981 Sebastião José (biography)
1982 Antonio Cruz, o Pintor e a Cidade (art)
1982 D.Sebastião: o Pícaro e o Heroíco (essay)
1982 Longos Dias Têm Cem Anos — Presença de Vieira da Silva (biography)
1982 O Artista e o Pensador como Minoria Social (essay)
1983 Adivinhas de Pedro e Inês (novel)
1983 Os Meninos de Ouro (novel)
1983 A Memória de Giz (children’s)
1984 Um Bicho da Terra (novel)
1984 Um Presépio Aberto (story)
1984 ”Menina e Moça” e a Teoria do Inacabado (essay)
1985 A Monja de Lisboa (novel)
1986 Apocalipse de Albrecht Dürer (art)
1986 Martha Telles: o Castelo Onde Irás e Não Voltarás (biography)
1987 A Corte do Norte (novel)
1987 Contos Amarantinos (children’s)
1987 Dentes de Rato (children’s)
1987 Introdução à Leitura de “A Sibila” (literature)
1988 A Torre (conto)
1988 Prazer e Glória (novel)
1988 Aforismos
1989 Eugénia e Silvina (novel)
1990 Vento, Areia e Amoras Bravas (children’s)
1991 Vale Abraão (novel)
1991 Breviário do Brasil (travel )
1992 Ordens Menores (novel)
1994 As Terras do Risco (novel)
1994 O Concerto dos Flamengos (novel)
1994 Camilo: Génio e Figura (literature)
1995 Aquário e Sagitário (story)
1995 Um Outro Olhar sobre Portugal (travel)
1996 Memórias Laurentinas (novel)
1996 Alegria do Mundo I: escritos dos anos de 1965 a 1969 (articles)
1997 Um Cão que Sonha (novel)
1997 Douro (travel)
1998 O Comum dos Mortais (novel)
1998 Alegria do Mundo II: escritos dos anos de 1970 a 1974 (articles)
1998 Os Dezassete Brasões (travel)
1999 A Quinta Essência (novel)
1999 Dominga (story)
1999 A Bela Adormecida (story)
2000 Contemplação Carinhosa da Angústia (anthology)
2000 O Presépio: Escultura de Graça Costa Cabral (art)
2001 O Princípio da Incerteza: I — Jóia de Família (novel)
2001As Meninas (art)
2002 O Princípio da Incerteza: II — A Alma dos Ricos (novel)
2002 As Estações da Vida (essay)
2002 Azul (essay)
2002 O Livro de Agustina (autobiography)
2003 O Princípio da Incerteza: III — Os Espaços em Branco (novel)
2004 Antes do Degelo (novel)
2004 O Soldado Romano (children’s)
2005 Doidos e Amantes (novel)
2006 A Ronda da Noite (novel)
2007 O Dourado (children’s)
2016 Ensaios e artigos (essays and articles)
2018 Deuses de Barro (novel)