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Maria Velho da Costa

Born

in Lisboa, Portugal

June 26, 1938

Died

May 23, 2020

Genre

Romance, Women & Gender Studies

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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 · 1,443 ratings · 252 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Myra by Maria Velho da Costa, Ilda David (Ilustração) 4.19 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cravo 4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casas Pardas 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maina Mendes by Maria Velho da Costa, Eduardo Lourenço (Prefácio) 4.13 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucialima 3.74 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Amante do Crato 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missa in Albis 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madame really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Da Rosa Fixa 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irene ou o Contrato Social 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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