Lídia Jorge facts for kids
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Lídia Jorge
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Lídia Guerreiro Jorge
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| Born | 18 June 1946 Boliqueime, Loulé, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Notable awards | Prémio Literário Município de Lisboa (1982, 1984) Prémio D. Dinis (1998) |
| Spouse | Carlos Albino Guerreiro |
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| www.lidiajorge.com https://mertinwitt-litag.de |
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Lídia Jorge (born June 18, 1946) is a famous Portuguese writer. She writes novels and is known for a special style of writing that came about after a big change in Portugal.
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About Lídia Jorge
Lídia Jorge was born in a small village called Boliqueime in southern Portugal. Her family were farmers and some of them had moved to other countries.
She studied languages at the University of Lisbon and then became a high school teacher. She taught for a few years in Angola and Mozambique during a challenging time in Portuguese history. Most of her teaching career was in Portugal. Later, she also taught at the University of Lisbon. She even helped with rules about media and was part of the council for the University of Algarve.
What She Writes About
Lídia Jorge's books often explore important ideas and feelings. Here are some of the main topics she writes about:
- The past, especially about Portugal's time as a colonial power and its period under a dictatorship.
- What revolutions mean and how they change things.
- The differences between old ways of life and modern society.
- Fights and misunderstandings between different generations.
- Families breaking apart.
- The experiences and challenges faced by women.
- People moving from their home country to live somewhere else.
Her Stories on Stage and Screen
Lídia Jorge's creative stories have been turned into plays and movies.
Theatre Plays
Her play A Maçon was shown at a big theatre in Lisbon in 1997. Another one of her books, O Dia dos Prodígios, was also made into a play. More recently, Instruções para Voar was performed in theatres in Faro and Lisbon.
Movies and TV Shows
Her novel A Costa dos Murmurios became a movie in 2004. A short story called Miss Beijo was adapted for Portuguese TV in 2021. Also, her book The Wind Whistling in the Cranes was made into a film.
Her Work Around the World
Lídia Jorge's books are very popular and have been translated into many languages. People in over twenty countries, including Brazil, England, France, Germany, and Spain, can read her stories.
Her books are also studied in universities in Portugal and other countries. Many essays have been written about her work.
Several universities have given her special honors. The University of Algarve gave her an honorary doctorate in 2010. This is a special degree given to people who have achieved great things. In 2020, a whole magazine issue was dedicated to her work. In 2021, the University of Geneva in Switzerland started a special program called the "Lídia Jorge Chair" to study her writings. Other universities, like the University of Massachusetts and the Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil, have also started similar programs.
In 2024, the University of Aveiro also gave her an honorary doctorate, calling her "probably the most international of contemporary Portuguese writers."
Special Honors and Awards
Lídia Jorge has received many important awards and tributes for her writing and contributions.
In 2004, a library in Albufeira was named the Lídia Jorge Municipal Library in her honor. To celebrate 30 years since her book O Dia dos Prodígios was published, the city of Loulé held a big exhibition about her life and books.
She has received high honors from leaders of different countries. In 2005, the President of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, gave her the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique. This is one of Portugal's highest honors. The President of France, Jacques Chirac, also honored her with the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2005, and she was later given an even higher rank in 2015.
In 2021, the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, asked Lídia Jorge to be a member of the Portuguese Council of State. This means she helps advise the President.
She also writes regularly for newspapers like Jornal de Letras, Público, and El País.
National Orders
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (2005)
Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2005)
Officer of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2015)
Prizes She Has Won
Lídia Jorge has won many literary prizes for her amazing books. Here are some of them:
- Malheiro Dias Prize (1981)
- Cidade de Lisboa Literary Prize (1982 and 1984) for O Cais das Merendas
- Dom Dinis Prize (1998) for O Vale da Paixão and Notícia da Cidade Silvestre
- Bordallo Literature Prize (1998) for O Vale da Paixão
- Máxima Literature Prize (1998) for O Vale da Paixão
- P.E.N. Club Fiction Prize (1998) for O Vale da Paixão
- Jean Monnet European Literature Prize (2000) for O Vale da Paixão
- Portuguese Writers Association Prize (2002) for O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas
- Correntes d’Escritas Prize (2002) for O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas
- International Albatroz Literature Prize (2006)
- Portuguese Writers Association Prize (2007)
- Giuseppe Acerbi Special Prize (2007)
- Michel Brisset Prize (2008) for Combateremos a Sombra
- Latin Union International Prize (2011)
- Spanish-Portuguese Art and Culture Prize (2014)
- Vergílio Ferreira Prize (2015)
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues Prize (2015)
- Grand Prize in Literature DST (2019) for Estuário
- Rosalía de Castro do Centro PEN Galiza Prize (2020)
- FIL Award for Literature in Romance Languages (2020)
- Grand Prize for Chronicle (2021) for Em Todos os Sentido
- Grand Prize Vida Literária Vítor Aguiar e Silva (2022/2023)
- Portuguese Writers Association Prize (2022) for Misericórdia
- Eduardo Lourenço Prize (2023) for Misericórdia
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues Prize (2023) for Misericórdia
- P.E.N. Club Narrative Prize (2023) for Misericórdia
- Fernando Namora Prize (2023, 2024) for Misericórdia
- Prix Médicis étranger (2023) for Misericordia
See also
In Spanish: Lídia Jorge para niños
