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Maria Velho da Costa


Born
in Lisboa, Portugal
June 26, 1938

Died
May 23, 2020

Genre
Romance, Women & Gender Studies


With a germanic philology degree, Maria was a high school teacher and member (and later president) of the "Associação Portuguesa de Escritores", the portuguese authors association.

She was deputy secretary of state for culture in 1979 and was second in charge for the cultural theme for Cabo Verde from 1988 to 1991 and now work for the "Instituto Camões" (Camões Institute).

She had regular contribution to movie scripts, particularly in films by João César Monteiro, Margarida Gil and Alberto Seixas Santos.

She was involved in the conception of a controversial book with the title "Novas Cartas Portuguesas" in 1969 with other two authors (Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Isabel Barreno, the three Marias) in wich the plot criticized the traditional pos ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 1,453 ratings · 255 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors
Myra
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4.19 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Cravo
4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions
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Casas Pardas
4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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Maina Mendes
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Lucialima
3.73 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions
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O Amante do Crato
3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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Missa in Albis
3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions
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Madame
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
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Da Rosa Fixa
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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Irene ou o Contrato Social
3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2000
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“Há gente assim - como não existe, ou existe pouco, não se cala.”
― Maria Velho da Costa, Myra
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“The beauty of matter and the pain of man are one.”
― Maria Velho da Costa, Maina Mendes
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“- Odeio gente que se mete com a literatura e depois não a sofre.”
― Maria Velho da Costa, Myra
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