Luísa Dacosta (16 February 1927, in

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as Maria Luísa Pinto Saraiva dos Santos – 15 February 2015, in Matosinhos) was a Portuguese writer. In 2010 she was awarded the

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Prize by the

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Career

From 1944 to 1947 she attended the Faculty of Arts on the

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, where she completed the course of history and philosophy. In 1955 she published her first book, ''Província'', which contains a preface, three stories and seven original illustrations by the painter

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. In the field of tales, she also wrote ''Vovó Ana, Bisavó Filomena e Eu'' in 1969 and ''Corpo Recusado'' in 1985. She has also published two chronicles, ''A-Ver-o-Mar'' in 1980 and ''Morrer a Ocidente'' in 1990. The chronicles take place in the village of A-Ver-o-Mar, belonging to

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. She also wrote the short story taking place in this village, ''Nos Jardins do Mar'' in 1983 with original illustrations by Jorge Pinheiro, and even a poetry book ''A Maresia eo Sargaço dos Dias'' in 2002. Her diary, considered essential to the understanding of her work, was published in two volumes, ''Na Água do Tempo'' and ''Um Olhar Naufragado''. She also wrote a small anthology of texts, ''Infância e Palavra'' in 2001 and novel ''O Planeta Desconhecido e Romance da que Fui Antes de Mim'' in 2000.

Bibliography

Fiction

*1955 - ''Província'' *1969 - ''Vovó Ana, Bisavó Filomena e Eu'' *1980 - ''A-Ver-o-Mar'' *1981 - ''Nos Jardins do Mar'' *1985 - ''Corpo Recusado'' *1990 - ''Morrer a Ocidente'' *1995 - ''Os Magos Que Não Chegaram a Belém'' *2000 - ''O Planeta Desconhecido e Romance da que Fui Antes de Mim'' *2002 - ''Natal com Aleluia''

Poetry

*2001 - ''Infância e Palavra'' *2002 - ''A Maresia e o Sargaço dos Dias'' *2004 - ''Árvore'' *2006 - ''As suas raízes estão na terra''

Diaries

*1992 - ''Na Água do Tempo'' *2002 - ''Um Olhar Naufragado''

Essays

*1959 - ''Aspectos do Burguesismo Literário'' *1960 - ''Notas de Crítica Literária'' *1974 - ''O Valor Pedagógico da Sessão de Leitura'' *1983 - ''Prefácio a Raúl Brandão'' *1985 - ''A Batalha de Aljubarrota'' Books for children " O Elefante cor de Rosa" "Menina Coração de Pássaro" "Robertices" "A rapariga e o sonho" "História com recadinho" "O ratinho poeta"

References

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