Alice Vieira

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Alice Vieira (born 20 March 1943 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese children's and adult books author. [1]

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Biography

Vieira graduated from the University of Lisbon with a thesis about Bernard Shaw's theatre. She worked as a journalist before devoting almost all her time to writing books for children and young adults. [2] She has published already more than eight dozen titles and won several prestigious awards in Portugal in the field of literature for children and teenagers. [3]

Her books have been translated to Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish. [4] [5]

Juvenile literature

Books for children

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Books for adults

Awards

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References

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  2. Veloso, Rui Marques. "Obras de Alice Vieira" (PDF). Serviço de Orientação da Leitura. Casa da Leitura: 25.
  3. "Biografia". www.dglb.pt. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  4. Moreira, Paulo. "Netescrit@". www.nonio.uminho.pt. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  5. "Entrevista: Alice Vieira". Revista Activa. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2016-05-20.