Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina BessaLuís 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 Abrahams 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