Women Writers Initiative

Portugal


BARRENO, Maria Isabel
(Also known as Maria Isabel Barreno de Faria Martins)

Birth date: 1939
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Education: Educated at the University of Lisbon.
Professional Career: Writer. Researcher in Human relations and industrial sociology at Institute of Industrial Research in Portugal, 1962-75. She is a dealer in books and handcrafts in Casta da Caparica, Portugal.

Works

  • The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters. New York: Doubleday, 1975. (with Horta, Maria Teresa, and da Costa, Maria Fatima Velho.)

 

JORGE, Lidia

Birth date: 1946
Birthplace: Boliqueime (Algarve)
Education: Educated at the University of Lisbon.
Professional Career: In 1970, she went to Africa (Angola and Mozambique). She later returned to Lisbon where she continues to write and teach.

Works

  • Marido e outros contos. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1997.
  • A macon. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1997.
  • O dia dos prodigios. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1995.
  • O jardim sem limites. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1995.
  • O cais das merendas. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1995.
  • Noticia da cidade silvestre. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1994.
  • Sweet Marmalade, Sour Oranges: Contemporary Portuguese Women’s Fiction. Providence, RI: Gavea-Brown, 1994.
  • O conto do nadador. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1992.
  • A instrumentalina. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1992.
  • A ultima dona. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1992.
  • A Costa dos Murmurios. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1988.
            The Murmuring Coast. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1995.

 

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