Cristina Torrão
Cristina Torrão (born July 16, 1965 in Castelo de Paiva ) is a Portuguese writer. She lives in the north German Hanseatic city of Stade . Historical novels are a focus of her works.
Life
Torrão studied English and German language and literature at the University of Porto . She then worked for a time for the public service broadcaster Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP) in the region of northern Portugal.
In 1992 she went to Hamburg . She taught Portuguese as a foreign language for locals at various institutions there , but also as a mother tongue for children of Portuguese parents in Germany .
Later she went to Stade with her husband Horst Neumann, where she gave up her job and has lived as a writer ever since.
In July 2007, her novel A Moura eo Cruzado won the O meu primeiro best-seller literary award in Portugal , which is awarded in cooperation with the Modelo-Continente supermarket chain, Edições Asa publisher and Visão magazine . She then revised the novel and it was republished under the title A Cruz de Esmeraldas . Since then, various other books have been published, mostly with reference to people from the history of Portugal .
Works
- 2007: A Moura eo Cruzado (Edições Asa)
- 2008: Afonso Henriques, o Homem (Ésquilo)
- 2009: A Cruz de Esmeraldas (Ésquilo, revised new version of her novel A Moura eo Cruzado )
- 2010: D. Dinis, a quem chamaram o Lavrador (Ésquilo)
- 2014: Os Segredos da Jacinta (Poética Edições)
- 2016: Tú És a Única Pessoa (Oxalá Editora)
- 2018: Memórias de Dona Teresa (Poética Edições)
Web links
- Entry on Cristina Torrão in the Portal da Literatura
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical notes on Cristina Torrão in the collection of stories Contos da Emigração - Homens Que Sofrem de Sonhos , Oxalá Editora , Dortmund 2018 ( ISBN 978-3-946277-11-8 ), p. 124
- ↑ Cristina Torrãos biography in Portal da Literatura , accessed on August 21, 2018
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Torrão, Cristina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Castelo de Paiva , Portugal |