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About Dulce Maria Cardoso

Birth

1964

Biography

Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer. She was born in Fonte Longa, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other retornados as Portugal's overseas colonies gained independence.

Dulce Maria Cardoso was born in 1964 in the Portuguese village of Fonte Longa.

Before dedicating herself fully to literature, she trained and worked as a lawyer.

Her prolific literary career includes a total of eleven published works.

She is internationally recognized for notable titles such as Violeta among the Stars.

Her narrative voice is one of the most influential in contemporary Portuguese literature.