Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa

Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa were born in Lisbon in 1939, 1937 and 1938. Each had already published books that challenged the place made for women under the dictatorship when they decided, in 1971, to write together; Horta was also a poet and journalist. Prosecuted for offending public morality, they were acquitted on 7 May 1974, a few days after the Carnation Revolution, and remained for the country the “three Marias”. Barreno died in 2016, Velho da Costa in 2020 and Horta, the last, on 4 February 2025.

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• EssayNew Portuguese LettersNovas Cartas PortuguesasMaria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa · 1972Literature