On 19th October at 1pm, another edition of the FEUP Reading Club will take place, this time to celebrate the centenary of Agustina Bessa-Luís’s birth. This session will be led by Fátima Marinho, Professor of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto and the moderator will be Augusto Sousa, Professor of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. The session will take place in room I-105.
Agustina Bessa-Luís's works reveal a deep reflection on the human condition, of which A Sibila is one of the exponents. Her work has been awarded the most important national literary prizes: The National Novel Prize in 1967; the Ricardo Malheiros Prize of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in 1966 and in 1977; the PEN Clube and D. Dinis Prize in 1980; the Grand Prize for Romance and Novel of the Portuguese Association of Writers in 1984 and the City of Oporto Prize. The Vergílio Ferreira Prize 2004, awarded by Évora University for her career as a fictionist, and the Camões Prize in 2004. On March 22nd 2005 she was distinguished, together with the poet Eugénio de Andrade, with the doctorate "Honoris Causa", awarded by the University of Porto.
We invite you to rediscover the works of Agustina Bessa-Luís in this session of the Reading Club. Entrance to the session is free.
We remind you that you can also visit the showcase on Level 0 of the library and get to know the author's works that we have selected for you.
For further information, contact agora@fe.up.pt.
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