Inês Pedrosa (born 15 August 1962) is a Portuguese

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and

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. She was director of the ''

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''. Her novels have also been published in Brazil, Croatia, Ukraine,

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Nr. 3-4 (2001) Germany, Italy and Spain.

Works

*''Mais Ninguém Tem'' (1991, children's short story) *''A Instrução dos Amantes'' (1992, novel) *''Nas Tuas Mãos'' (1997, novel) *''Fazes-me Falta'' ( pt) (2002) *''Fica Comigo Esta Noite'' ( pt) (2003) *''12 Mulheres e 1 Cadela'' (2005, play) *''A'' ''Eternidade'' ''e'' ''o'' ''Desejo'' ( 2005, novel) *''Os'' ''Íntimos'' ( 2010, novel) *''Dentro'' ''de'' ''Ti'' Ver ''o'' ''Mar'' ( 2012, novel) *''Desamparo'' ( 2015, novel) *''Desnorte ( 2016, short-stories)'' *''O Processo Violeta'' ( 2019, novel)

Awards

*Revelation Award from the ''Clube de Jornalistas'' (1985) *Journalism Award for ''Mulheres'' magazine (1985) *Sampaio Bruno Award from the ''Clube de Jornalistas do Porto'' (1992) *Prémio Máxima da Literatura for ''Nas Tuas Mãos'' *Prémio Máxima de Literatura for "Os Íntimos"

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* 1962 births 20th-century Portuguese women writers 21st-century Portuguese women writers People from Coimbra Portuguese journalists Portuguese short story writers Portuguese women short story writers Portuguese children's writers Portuguese women dramatists and playwrights Portuguese women novelists Portuguese women journalists Living people 20th-century short story writers 21st-century short story writers 20th-century Portuguese novelists 21st-century Portuguese novelists 20th-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights {{Portugal-writer-stub