Inês Pedrosa

Inês Pedrosa (born September 15, 1962 in Coimbra ) is a Portuguese writer , journalist and editor who is one of the most important contemporary writers in Portugal.

Life

Inês Pedrosa spent her childhood in Tomar and Algés . She studied communication science at the New University in Lisbon .

She was and still works as an editor for various newspapers, for example for “Jornal de Lettras” or “O Espresso”, where she still works today. She is also co-founder of the weekly "O Independente".

Since February 12, 2008, she has been the director of Casa Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon , the museum and memorial for the important Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa . She also worked for television and radio.

So far (2013) two of her books have been translated into German by Maralde Meyer-Minnemann .

Works (selection)

Author

Fiction

• In your hands Roman (Nas tuas mãos, 1997). btb, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-73220-4 (EA 2002).
• You're missing me. Roman (Fazes-me falta, 2002). Luchterhand-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-630-87159-3 .

Non-fiction

• José Cardoso Pires. Photobiography . Dom Quixotte, Lisbon 1999, ISBN 972-20-1707-1 .
• Vinte Mulheres para o século XX . Dom Quixotte, Lisbon 2000, ISBN 972-20-1893-0 .

Editor

• Poemas de amor. Antologia de poesia portugesa . 6th edition Dom Quixotte, Lisbon 2003, ISBN 972-20-1944-9 .
• Crónica Feminina . Editorial Leya, Lisbon 2005, ISBN 972-20-4307-2 .

literature

• Deolinda M. Adão: As herdeiras do segredo. Personagens femininas na ficção de Inês Pedrosa . Dissertation, University of Berkeley 2007 (4 microfiches).
• Susanne Eichenhofer: Representations of the Feminine. Inês Pedrosa, “Nas tuas mãos” (1997) . In: Dietrich Briesemeister, Axel Schönberger (eds.): By José Saramago , António Lobo Antunes , Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão and the “Sexameron”. On the literature of the 1990s in Portugal and Brazil . TFM, Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-925203-69-9 , pp. 143-154.
• Suzan Williams: Voices from the guidelines. The "Crônicas" from Inês Pedrosa and Maria Judite de Carvalho at the intersection of literacy canon and journalism . In: Patricia O'Byrne (Ed.): Transcultural encounters amongst women. Redrawing boundaries in Hispanic and Lusophone art, literature and film . Cambridge Scholars Press, Newcastle 2010.

swell

• www.perlentaucher.de
• tfmonline.wordpress.de
• randomhouse.de
• literaturnetz.com

Web links

• Literature by and about Inês Pedrosa in the catalog of the German National Library