Lídia Jorge

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Lídia Jorge (born June 18, 1946) is a Portuguese writer.

[edit] Life

Born in Boliqueime, Algarve, she graduated in Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Lisbon, becoming a secondary school teacher. In 1970, she went on a teaching mission to Africa (Angola and Mozambique), becoming an eye-witness to the Portuguese Colonial War.

[edit] Works

• O Dia dos Prodígios (1980)
• O Cais das Merendas (1982)
• Notícia da Cidade Silvestre (1984)
• A Costa dos Murmúrios (1988)
• A Última Dona (1992)
• A Instrumentalina (1992)
• O Conto do Nadador (1992)
• O Jardim Sem Limites (1995)
• A Maçon (1997)
• Marido e outros Contos (1997)
• O Vale da Paixão (1998)
• O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas (2002)
• O Belo Adormecido (2004)

[edit] External links

• A Landscape Transformed: Narrative Shifts in Lídia Jorge’s O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas (Lisboa: Dom Quixote, 2002), by Ellen W. Sapega
• Donning the “Gift” of Representation: Lídia Jorge’s A Instrumentalina, by Ana Paula Ferreira