Writing · Novel · Writer
Born Oct 15, 1922 · Amarante, Portugal
Active 1981–2019 · Awards: Camões Prize, Officer of Arts and Letters, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, honorary doctorate of the University of Porto, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Prémio Seiva
Agustina Bessa-Luís, was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon).