Ana Maria Bastos de Oliveira Martinho
(
Lisbon
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, 14 April 1946), better known by her pen name Ana Maria Magalhães, is a Portuguese teacher and writer mainly dedicated to
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
. She is primarily known for the ''
Uma aventura'' series of books she wrote with her writing partner
Isabel Alçada.
Life and work
Ana Maria Magalhães was born in Lisbon on 14 April 1946.
She graduated in philosophy at the
University of Lisbon
The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; ) is a public university, public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former Universit ...
, and taught Portuguese and History at the
basic education
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), basic education comprises the two stages primary education and secondary education, lower secondary education.
Universal basic education
Basic education featured heavi ...
level from 1969 until her retirement.
She met
Isabel Alçada in 1976 at the Escola Básica Fernando Pessoa where they were both teachers. The two teachers formed a friendship and writing partnership, publishing their first book, ''
Uma Aventura na Cidade'', in 1982.
This would be become the first book of the ''Uma aventura'' series which would go on to have dozens of books.
References
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1946 births
Writers from Lisbon
Portuguese writers
Portuguese children's writers
Portuguese women writers
Portuguese-language writers
Living people