Agustina Bessa-Luís
Agustina Bessa-Luís (born October 15, 1922 in Vila Meã , Northern Portugal , Amarante district ; † June 3, 2019 in Porto ) was a Portuguese writer . Alongside Lídia Jorge , she was the great female voice in contemporary Portuguese literature.
Life
Agustina Bessa-Luís was born in 1922 as the daughter of a Portuguese landowner from the rural area between Douro and Minho and a Spanish mother from Zamora . She lived in Porto from 1932 and moved to Coimbra in 1945 and married that same year. In 1950 she moved to Porto.
In 1948 she made her debut with the novella Mundo Fechado . Agustina Bessa-Luís is considered to be a representative of Portuguese neorealism and, in addition to novels and a kind of “fictional biography ”, has also devoted herself to plays. The subject matter of her novel Fanny Owen was also the basis for the Portuguese film Francisca by Manoel de Oliveira in 1979 .
In her works she dealt with the psyche and the social interaction between people and often took historical references to the history of Portugal as a starting point. The meticulous examination of the protagonists' psyche is characteristic of the way they are written. In doing so, she takes up fundamental conflicts of social coexistence and their historical contexts in a psychologically precise and realistic notation.
Works (selection)
Translated into German
- A Sibila (1954), German: Die Sibylle , 1st edition 1990, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-518-04434-6
- Fanny Owen (1979), 1st edition 1998, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-518-39420-7
- A Torre (1988), German: The Tower , 1997, Guimarães Ed., Lisbon, ISBN 972-665-409-2
Further
Novels, short stories, short stories
- Mundo Fechado (1948), novella
- Os Super-Homens (1950), novel
- Contos Impopulares (1951–1953), novel
- A Sibila (1954), novel
- Os Incuráveis (1956), novel
- A Muralha (1957), novel
- O Susto (1958), novel
- Ternos Guerreiros (1960), novel
- O Manto (1961), novel
- O Sermão do Fogo (1962), novel
- As Relações Humanas: I - Os Quatro Rios (1964), novel
- As Relações Humanas: II - A Dança das Espadas (1965), novel
- As Relações Humanas: III - Canção Diante de uma Porta Fechada (1966), novel
- A Bíblia dos Pobres: I - Homens e Mulheres (1967), novel
- A Bíblia dos Pobres: II - As Categorias (1970), Roman
- A Brusca (1971), short stories
- As Pessoas Felizes (1975), novel
- Crónica do Cruzado Osb (1976), novel
- As Fúrias (1977), novel
- Fanny Owen (1979), historical novel
- O Mosteiro (1980), novel
- Os Meninos de Ouro (1983), novel
- Adivinhas de Pedro e Inês , historical novel
- To Bicho da Terra (1984), historical novel and biography of Uriel da Costa
- To Presépio Aberto (1984), short story
- A Monja de Lisboa (1985), historical novel and biography of Maria de Visitação
- A Corte do Norte (1987), historical novel
- Prazer e Glória (1988), novel
- A Torre (1988), short story
- Eugénia e Silvina (1989), novel
- Vale Abraão (1991), novel
- Order of Menores (1992), novel
- As Terras do Risco (1994), novel
- O Concerto dos Flamengos (1994), novel
- Aquário e Sagitário (1995), short story
- Memórias Laurentinas (1996), novel
- Um Cão que Sonha (1997), novel
- O Comum dos Mortais (1988), novel
- A Quinta Essência (1999), novel
- Dominga (1999), short story
- Contemplação Carinhosa da Angústia (2000), anthology
- O Princípio da Incerteza: I - Jóia de Família (2001), novel
- O Princípio da Incerteza: II - A Alma dos Ricos (2002), novel
- O Princípio da Incerteza: III - Os Espaços em Branco (2003), novel
- Antes de Degelo (2004), novel
- Doidos e Amantes (2005), novel
Biographies
- Santo António (1979)
- A Vida ea Obra de Florbela Espanca (1979)
- Florbela Espanca (1979)
- Sebastião José (1981)
- Longos Dias Têm Cem Anos - Presença de Vieira da Silva (1982)
- Martha Telles: o Castelo Onde Irás e Não Voltarás (1986)
Plays
- Inseparável ou o Amigo por Testamento (1958)
- A Bela Portuguesa (1986)
- Estados Eróticos Imediatos de Soren Kierkegaard (1992)
- Party: Garden-Party dos Açores - Diálogos (1996)
- Garret: O Eremita do Chiado (1998)
Chronicles, memoirs, essays
- Embaixada a Calígula (1961), travel story
- Conversacões com Dimitri e Outras Fantasias (1979), chronicle
- Arnaldo Gama - "Gente de Bem" (1980)
- A Mãe de um Rio (1981), texts and photographs
- Dostoievski ea Peste Emocional (1981)
- Camilo e as Circunstâncias (1981)
- Antonio Cruz, o Pintor ea Cidade (1982)
- D. Sebastião: o Pícaro eo Heroíco (1982)
- O Artista eo Pensador como Minoria Social (1982)
- "Menina e Moça" ea Teoria do Inacabado (1984)
- Apocalipse de Albrecht Dürer (1986)
- Introdudução à Leitura de "A Sibila" (1987)
- Aforismos (1988)
- Brevário do Brasil (1991), travel report
- Fake-book , 1992, aphorisms with etchings by Daniel Garbade
- Camilo: Génio e Figura (1994)
- Um Outro Olhar sobre Portugal (1995), travel story with photographs by Pierre Rossollin and illustrations by Maluda
- Alegria do Mundo I: escritos dos anos de 1965 a 1969 (1996)
- Douro (1997), texts and photographs together with Mónica Baldaque
- Alegria do Mundo II: escritos dos anos de 1970 a 1974 (1998)
- Os Dezassete Brasões (1998), texts and photographs
- A Bela Adormecida (1999)
- O Presépio: Escultura de Graça Costa Cabral (2000), texts and photographs together with Pedro Vaz
- As Meninas (2001), texts and drawings
- O Livro de Augustina (2002), autobiography
- Azul (divulgação) (2002), together with Luísa Ferreira
- As Estações da Vida (2002), texts and photographs by Jorge Correira Santos
- O Soldado Romano (2004), with illustrations by Chico
Children's literature
- A Memória do Giz (1983), with illustrations by Teresa Dias Coelho
- Contos Amarantinos (1987), with illustrations by Manuela Bacelar
- Dentes de Rato (1987), with illustrations by Martim Lapa
- Vento, Areia e Amoras Bravas (1990), with illustrations by Mónica Baldaque
- O Dourado (2007), with illustrations by Helena Simas
Film adaptations
- 1981: Francisca - Director: Manoel de Oliveira , based on the novel Fanny Owen
- 1993: On the banks of the river (Vale Abraão) - directed by Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel Vale Abraão
- 1995: O Convento - Director: Manoel de Oliveira, starring Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich , based on the novel As Terras de Risco
- 1998: Inquietude - Director: Manoel de Oliveira, based on the story A Mãe de um Rio
- 2002: O Principio da Incerteza - Director: Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel O Principio da Incerteza
- 2005: Espelho Mágico - Director: Manoel de Oliveira, based on the novel A Alma dos Ricos
- 2009: A Corte do Norte - Director: João Botelho , based on the novel A Corte do Norte
Awards
For the author herself
- 1982 City of Porto Prize
- 1989 member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
- 2004 Camões Prize
- 2004 Virgílio Ferreira Prize from the University of Évora
- 2006 Grand Cross of the Order of St. Jacob of the Sword
- 2015 Eduardo Lourenço Prize
For individual works
- 1953 Delfim-Guimarãres Prize from the Guimarãres publishing house for A Sibila
- 1954 Eça de Queirós Prize from the Portuguese Secretariat for Culture and Public Relations (Secretariado Nacional de Informação) for A Sibila
- 1966 Ricardo Malheiros Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) for Canção Diante de uma Porta Fechada
- 1967 National Roman Prize of Portugal from the Portuguese Secretariat for Culture and Public Relations (Secretariado Nacional de Informação) for Homens e Mulheres
- 1977 Ricardo Malheiros Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) for As Fúrias
- 1980 Portuguese PEN Club Prize for Fictional Literature for O Mosteiro
- 1980 D. Dinis Prize from the “Casa de Mateus” foundation for O Mosteiro
- 1983 Prize for novels and short stories from the Portuguese Writers' Union for Os Meninos de Ouro
- 1988 Literature Prize of the Portuguese National Radio ( Rádio e Televisão de Portugal , Antena 1) for Prazer e Glória
- 1993 Critic Prize of the Portuguese Section of the International Association of Literary Critics for the Order of Menores
- 1994 Eça de Queirós Prose Prize of the City of Lisbon from the Lisbon City Council for As Terras do Risco
- 1996 Portuguese Grand Prize for Literature for Memórias Laurentinas e Party
- 1997 Prize of the Latin Union for order Cão que Sonha
- 2001 Grand Prize for Novels and Novels from the Portuguese Writers' Union for Jóia de Família
Secondary literature
In German language
- Siepmann, Helmut (2003): Brief history of Portuguese literature . Publishing house CH Beck , Munich . ISBN 3-406-49476-5 , pp. 213 f.
In Portuguese
- Alvares de Oliveira, Manuel (ed.) (1991): O grande lívro dos portugueses . Círculo de Leitores, Lisbon . ISBN 972-42-0143-0
- Saraiva, António José / Lopes, Óscar (2001, 17th ed.): História da Literatura Portuguesa . Porto Ed., Porto , ISBN 972-0-30170-8 , p. 1101
Individual evidence
Web links
Wikiquote: Agustina Bessa-Luís - Quotes
- Literature by and about Agustina Bessa-Luís in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bessa-Luís, Agustina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vila Meã |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 2019 |
| Place of death | postage |