Maria Teresa HortaMaria Teresa Horta – one of the most revered writers of modern Portugal – was born in 1937 and began writing before the revolution that deposed the brutal Estado Novo regime; her early work was banned for being ‘an outrage to public morals’. One of te Three Marias who in 1971 co-authored the ground-breaking Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), Horta has continued to publish novels, short stories and journalism, although she considers herself a poet above all. Read More Read Less