Ana Luísa Amaral
Portuguese poet and academic (1956–2022)
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Key Takeaways
- Ana Luísa Amaral (5 April 1956 – 5 August 2022) was a Portuguese poet.
- on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and had academic publications (in Portugal and abroad) in the areas of English and American poetry, comparative poetics, and feminist studies.
- Editor of several academic books, such as Novas Cartas Portuguesas entre Portugal e o Mundo (with Marinela Freitas, Dom Quixote, 2014), or New Portuguese Letters to the World (with Marinela Freitas, Peter Lang, 2015).
- In 2021, a book of essays on her work by Peter Lang (ed.
- Several plays were staged around her work, such as O olhar diagonal das coisas , A história da Aranha Leopoldina , Próspero Morreu , or Como Tu .
Ana Luísa Amaral (5 April 1956 – 5 August 2022) was a Portuguese poet.
Biography
Professor at the University of Porto, she held a Ph.D. on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and had academic publications (in Portugal and abroad) in the areas of English and American poetry, comparative poetics, and feminist studies. She was a senior researcher and co-director of the Institute for Comparative Literature Margarida Losa. Co-author (with Ana Gabriela Macedo) of the Dictionary of Feminist Criticism (Afrontamento, 2005) and responsible for the annotated edition of New Portuguese Letters (Dom Quixote, 2010) and the coordinator of the international project New Portuguese Letters 40 Years Later, financed by FCT, that involves 10 countries and over 60 researchers. Editor of several academic books, such as Novas Cartas Portuguesas entre Portugal e o Mundo (with Marinela Freitas, Dom Quixote, 2014), or New Portuguese Letters to the World (with Marinela Freitas, Peter Lang, 2015).
Prior to her death, she was preparing a book of poetry, a novel, and two books of essays. In 2021, a book of essays on her work by Peter Lang (ed. Claire Williams) titled The Most Perfect Excess: The Works of Ana Luísa Amaral was published.
Several plays were staged around her work, such as O olhar diagonal das coisas, A história da Aranha Leopoldina, Próspero Morreu, or Como Tu. On April 1, 2022, she was awarded the rank of Commander of the Military Order of Sant'Iago da Espada. The insignia was only awarded on August 6, 2022, posthumously, to Ana Luísa Amaral's daughter.
She died on August 5, 2022, at the age of 66.
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