Susana Moreira Marques | |
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Born | Susana Alexandra Moreira Marques 20 August 1976 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation(s) | Author, journalist |
Susana Moreira Marques (born 20 August 1976) is a Portuguese journalist and author. [1]
She has a degree in Communication Studies from the NOVA University of Lisbon has worked as a journalist for Público and Jornal de Negócios . [2]
Her first book, Now and at the Hour of our Death, was published in 2013 and is about a project of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of palliative care for the terminally ill. The book was released in English by And Other Stories in 2015. [1]
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