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Agustina Bessa-Luís

1922 - 2019

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Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (Portuguese: [ɐɣuʃˈtinɐ ˈβɛsɐ luˈiʃ]; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) 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 D. Maria II National Theatre (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: Fanny Owen ("Francisca"), Abraham's Valley, and The Lands of Risk ("The Convent"), in addition to the Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agustina Bessa-Luís is the 4,206th most popular writer (up from 4,302nd in 2019). (up from 3,543rd in 2019)

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Among writers, Agustina Bessa-Luís ranks 4,206 out of 7,302. Before her are Berta Zuckerkandl, Adile Sultan, Aleko Konstantinov, Eduardo Pondal, Abel Bonnard, and Francis Davis Millet. After her are Jorge Edwards, Ida Fink, Olive Schreiner, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Thomas Berger.

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Among people born in 1922, Agustina Bessa-Luís ranks 262. Before her are Karl Aage Præst, Simon Hantaï, Juhan Smuul, Roberto Aballay, Jean Porter, and Daniel Boulanger. After her are Võ Văn Kiệt, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Jock Stein, William Gaddis, Károly Németh, and Hal Clement. Among people deceased in 2019, Agustina Bessa-Luís ranks 292. Before her are Paweł Adamowicz, Pedro Manfredini, Egon Zimmermann, Reinhard Bonnke, Sigvard Ericsson, and Gerhard Auer. After her are Apolo Nsibambi, Dick Boushka, Hans Zender, Don Bragg, Bogaletch Gebre, and Sergio Valdés.

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