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    Agustina Bessa-Luís

    1922-10-15 (101 years old) in Amarante, Portugal

    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). 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. Her novel As Terras do Risco was the basis for the film O Convento in 1995. She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.

    Movies

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    No Tempo do Cinema
    0 %|May 21, 2006
    Documentary
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    Conversazione a Porto
    0 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Documentary
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    Porto of My Childhood
    67 %|Sep 19, 2001
    Drama, Documentary
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    Ma Femme Chamada Bicho
    0 %|Sep 1, 1978
    Documentary

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