# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agustina-bessa-luis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:14:41.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agustina-bessa-luis"
name: "Agustina Bessa-Luís"
slug: "agustina-bessa-luis"
description: "Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: Fanny Owen (\"Francisca\"), Abraham's Valley, and The Lands of Risk , in addition to the Party. Director João Botelho directed A Corte do Norte based on Agustina's homonymous novel."
tagline: "Portuguese writer (1922–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agustina_Bessa-Lu%C3%ADs_(Converg%C3%AAncia%2C_1969)_-_Arquivos_RTP.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "PT"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-10-15"
deathDate: "2019-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078760/"
    handle:    "nm0078760"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump