Lurdes Breda


Lurdes Breda is a Portuguese poet and children's writer.
She was born in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal. Breda attended the Modern Languages and Literatures course – Portuguese Studies variant, at the Open University. She was awarded in several national and international literary contests. Breda is the author of twenty-eight works and co-author of eleven others, published in Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique. She is known, above all, as a writer of books for children and young people.

Awards and honours

In 2005, Lurdes was distinguished with the "Women of Value" Award and in 2014, she received the Municipal Cultural Merit Medal.

Fiction

  • "O Misterioso Falcão de Jalne"

Poetry

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  • "Para Ti, Mãe",
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Children and Youth

  • "Zuleida, A Princesa Moura",
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  • "Afonso"
  • "A Avó que sonhava o mar",
  • "A Nuvem que chovia Peixes",
  • "Bichofonias – Contos com bichos dentro",
  • "Onde moram as estrelas / Donde viven las estrellas",
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  • "O Gafanhoto Saltarico",
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  • "Henriqueta e o Bruxedo da Lua",