Clara Pinto-Correia

Clara Pinto-Correia (30 January 1960 – 9 December 2025) was a Portuguese novelist, journalist and educator.

Life and career

The daughter of a physician, she was born in Lisbon and earned a doctorate in cellular biology from the University of Porto. She was an adjunct professor in Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She wrote a weekly column for the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias.[1]

In 1984, she published her first novel Watercress (Agrião), followed by Goodbye Princess (Adeus, Princesa) in 1985.[1] Adeus, Princesa was made into a movie in 1992.[2]

Pinto-Correia died on 9 December 2025, at the age of 65.[3]

Recording from the Library of Congress

Clara Pinto Correia reading from her work [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 72. ISBN 0415159806.
  2. ^ Clara Pinto Correia at IMDb
  3. ^ Escritora Clara Pinto Correia morre aos 65 anos (in Portuguese)
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