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Maria Isabel Barreno
AuthorBooks · Second hand1939-2016
Maria Isabel Barreno de Faria Martins GOIH was a Portuguese writer, essayist, journalist and sculptor. She was one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portugesas, together with Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.
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About Maria Isabel Barreno
Birth
1939
Death
2016
Maria Isabel Barreno de Faria Martins GOIH was a Portuguese writer, essayist, journalist and sculptor. She was one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portugesas, together with Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.
Maria Isabel Barreno was a prominent Portuguese writer born in Lisbon.
Her most internationally recognized work is New Portuguese Letters.
Throughout her prolific career, she published a total of 35 literary works.
Her writing deeply explored themes such as social conditions and the role of women.
She collaborated closely with significant literary figures such as Maria Velho da Costa.
