The international colloquium Escritoras portuguesas no tempo da Ditadura Militar e do Estado Novo. O cinquentenário de Novas Cartas Portuguesas. Subversão e solidariedade feminista [Portuguese women writers during Military Dictatorship and Estado Novo. The fiftieth anniversary of New Portuguese Letters. Subversion and feminist solidarity], takes place on October 13th and 14th, at NOVA FCSH (Auditorium B1) and online.
The event is organized by IELT and CICS.NOVA/Faces de Eva and is part of the Portugal-France 2022 Season. The colloquium pays tribute to Ana Luísa Amaral (1956-2022).
The meeting is organized within the scope of the Portuguese women writers during Military Dictatorship and Estado Novo in Portugal, Africa, Asia and countries of emigration project, which has been developing a biographical and bibliographic information database on women and literature since 2019. This project aims to demonstrate that the writing carried out by women occupies a decisive place in Portuguese literature.
