Luísa Dacosta

Luísa Dacosta (16 February 1927, in Vila Real as Maria Luísa Pinto Saraiva dos Santos – 15 February 2015, in Matosinhos) was a Portuguese writer. In 2010 she was awarded the Vergílio Ferreira Prize by the University of Evora.

Career
From 1944 to 1947 she attended the Faculty of Arts on the University of Lisbon, where she completed the course of history and philosophy. In 1955 she published her first book, Província, which contains a preface, three stories and seven original illustrations by the painter Carlos Botelho. In the field of tales, she also wrote Vovó Ana, Bisavó Filomena e Eu in 1969 and Corpo Recusado in 1985. She has also published two chronicles, A-Ver-o-Mar in 1980 and Morrer a Ocidente in 1990. The chronicles take place in the village of A-Ver-o-Mar, belonging to Vila do Conde. She also wrote the short story taking place in this village, Nos Jardins do Mar in 1983 with original illustrations by Jorge Pinheiro, and even a poetry book A Maresia eo Sargaço dos Dias in 2002. Her diary, considered essential to the understanding of her work, was published in two volumes, Na Água do Tempo and Um Olhar Naufragado. She also wrote a small anthology of texts, Infância e Palavra in 2001 and novel O Planeta Desconhecido e Romance da que Fui Antes de Mim in 2000.

Fiction

 * 1955 - Província
 * 1969 - Vovó Ana, Bisavó Filomena e Eu
 * 1980 - A-Ver-o-Mar
 * 1981 - Nos Jardins do Mar
 * 1985 - Corpo Recusado
 * 1990 - Morrer a Ocidente
 * 1995 - Os Magos Que Não Chegaram a Belém
 * 2000 - O Planeta Desconhecido e Romance da que Fui Antes de Mim
 * 2002 - Natal com Aleluia

Poetry

 * 2001 - Infância e Palavra
 * 2002 - A Maresia e o Sargaço dos Dias
 * 2004 - Árvore
 * 2006 - As suas raízes estão na terra

Diaries

 * 1992 - Na Água do Tempo
 * 2002 - Um Olhar Naufragado

Essays
Books for children " O Elefante cor de Rosa" "Menina Coração de Pássaro" "Robertices" "A rapariga e o sonho" "História com recadinho" "O ratinho poeta"
 * 1959 - Aspectos do Burguesismo Literário
 * 1960 - Notas de Crítica Literária
 * 1974 - O Valor Pedagógico da Sessão de Leitura
 * 1983 - Prefácio a Raúl Brandão
 * 1985 - A Batalha de Aljubarrota