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. 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. Bibliography 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 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 Books for children " O Elefante cor de Rosa" "Menina Coração de Pássaro" "Robertices" "A rapariga e o sonho" "História com recadinho" "O ratinho poeta" References 1927 births People from Vila Real, Portugal 2015 deaths 20th-century Portuguese women writers 20th-century Portuguese writers University of Lisbon alumni 21st-century