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Lídia Jorge was born in the village of Boliqueime in the Algarve region of southern Portugal in a family of farmers and emigrants. She graduated in Romance Philology from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon and became a secondary school teacher. In this position, she spent some decisive years in Angola and Mozambique, during the ...
Embora tendo escrito poesia desde muito jovem só em 2019 publica o seu primeiro livro, O Livro das Tréguas. Lídia Jorge publicou antologias de contos, Marido e Outros Contos (1997), O Belo Adormecido (2003), e Praça de Londres (2008), para além das edições separadas de A Instrumentalina (1992) e O Conto do Nadador (1992).
Lídia Jorge has 81 books on Goodreads with 14383 ratings. Lídia Jorge’s most popular book is Misericórdia.
Jan 4, 2023 · Lídia Jorge is one of the most representative writers of the post-revolution generation in Portugal. She was born in 1946 in Algarve, has a degree in Romanic Philology from Lisbon University, and spent years as a secondary high school teacher in both Angola and Mozambique during the last period of the Portuguese Colonial War in Africa.
Biography. Lídia Jorge was born in 1946 in the village of Boliqueime in the Algarve region. Her family were farmers. She obtained an Honours degree in Romance languages philology from the University of Lisbon. She worked as a teacher, including in Angola and Mozambique, where she accompanied her husband, who was in the Portuguese military.
Sep 16, 2023 · Lídia Jorge, Portuguese novelist The daughter's position in the story here takes on two different guises: occasionally, she is close to the narrative as a character and other times, she is a faraway spectator.
Mar 1, 2019 · Lídia Jorge was born in 1946 in the Algarve region in Portugal and lived critical years in Mozambique and Angola. She is consider one of the most important voices of modern Portuguese literature. “The Migrant Painter of Birds,” whose original title in Portuguese translates to “The Valley of Passion,” won multiple awards including best fiction from the PEN Portuguese Club.
