Maria Teresa Mascarenhas Horta (born May 20, 1937, Lisbon

Lisbon

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) is a Portuguese writer.

She is bachelor in the Universidade de Lisboa and she has worked as a journalist. She took part of the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa

Maria Velho da Costa

Maria de Fátima de Bívar Velho da Costa is a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part of the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta ....

 (the Three Marias) and of the Poesia 61 group.

She has published several writings in journals like Diário de Lisboa, A Capital

A Capital

A Capital was a Portuguese afternoon newspaper published in Lisbon from 21 February 1968 to 30 July 2005....

, República

Republica

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, O Século

O Século

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, Diário de Notícias

Diário de Notícias

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and Jornal de Letras e Artes, and she has been editor in chief of Mulheres magazine.

She is the daughter of Jorge Augusto da Silva Horta, Bastonary of the Order of the Medicine Doctors of Portugal

Portugal

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 and University Professor, and his wife D. Carlota Maria Mascarenhas, of the Marquesses of Fronteira

Marquis of Fronteira

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, Counts of Torre and Counts of Coculim, and also Marquesses of Alorna

Marquis of Alorna

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 (formerly Marquesses de Castelo Novo) and Counts of Assumar

Count of Assumar

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.

She is married to Luís Barros and has a son Luís Jorge Horta Barros, born on April 4, 1965, married to Maria Antónia Martins Peças Pereira, and has two sons.

Works

• Espelho Inicial (1960) (poetry)
• Tatuagem (1961)
• Cidadelas Submersas (1961)
• Verão Coincidente (1962)
• Amor Habitado (1963)
• Candelabro (1964)
• Jardim de Inverno (1966)
• Cronista Não é Recado (1967)
• Minha Senhora de Mim (1967) (poetry)
• Ambas as Mãos sobre o Corpo (1970)
• Novas Cartas Portuguesas (1971)
• Ana (1974)
• Poesia Completa I e II(1983)
• Os Anjos (1983)
• O Transfer (1984)
• Ema (1984)
• Minha Mãe, Meu Amor (1984)
• Rosa Sangrenta (1987)
• Antologia Política (1994)
• A Paixão Segundo Constança H. (1994)
• O Destino (1997)
• A Mãe na Literatura Portuguesa (1999)

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