Maria Helena da Costa Dias

Maria Helena Ferreira Chaves da Costa Dias (1917-1994) was a Portuguese writer

Biography[]

She was born in Porto Inglěs (now Cidade do Maio) on the island of Maio to architect Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves. She was also sister of the architect Jorge Ferreira Chaves and niece of , Olímpio Ferreira Chaves and . During her childhood years, she moved to the Portuguese Main.

She had her first year of the special architectural course at the from 1935 to 1936, later she joined at the where she wrote in a cultural journal Horizonte.

She married , writer and investigator of Portuguese literature and culture in which she took part. She also adapted and translated several works, some of them of the greatest foreign writers, much of them from the Francophony world predominantly France.

She was the daughter of the inventor Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves, brother of the architect Jorge Ferreira Chaves. She was the nephew of the painter , Olímpio Ferreira Chaves and .

Works[]

• Animais esses desconhecidos (cover and illustrations by ). Lisbon, Portugália, 1965.
• A história da coelhinha branca ["Story of a Little White Rabbit"] (illustrations by ). Lisbon, Portugália, 1967.

Adaptations, translations and organizations[]

Adaptations[]

• - Cozinha de urgência. Lisbon, Portugália, 1962.^[1]
• Victor Hugo - Les Misérables (Gavroche), Lisbon, Portugália, 1964.
• - O desaparecimento de Sir Jerry. Lisbon, Portugália, 1966.
• Herman Melville - Benito Cereno. Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?. (Maria Helena da Costa Dias's version)
• Odette Joyeux - A idade feliz. (cover de João Câmara Leme). Lisbon: Portugália, imp. 1967.
• - O leão Heitor. (illustrations by Tóssan). Lisbon: Portugália, 196-?.

Translations[]

• Georges Duby - As três ordens ou o imaginário do feudalismo. Lisbon, Estampa, 1982. (translation)
• ; - História rural medieval. Lisbon, Estampa, 1983. (translation)
• Rafael Sabatini – Scaramouche. Lisbon, Vega, 1991. (translation)
• ; (il. by Jacques Poirier) - As aventuras de Odete. Lisbon, Portugália, 1966.
• - A viagem de Edgar. Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?.
• Georges Sadoul - A vida de Charlot : romance, conto, novela, teatro, obras de cultura.... Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?.
• - Os pequenos chineses. Lisbon, Portugália, 1966.
• Wilfred G. Burchett - Bombas sobre Hanói. Lisbon, Seara Nova, 1967.
• - A crise do Liberalismo e as primeiras manifestações das ideias socialistas em Portugal: 1820-1852. 3ª ed. Lisbon, Livros Horizonte, 1978.
• Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Frédéric Dumas - World of Silence (O mundo do silêncio). Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?.
• Paul Vialar - Clara e os malfeitores. (cover by Infante do Carmo). Lisboa: Portugália, 19--?.
• - As solteironas de chapéu verde. Lisbon, Portugália, 1972.
• Germaine Acremant - As solteironas dos chapéus verdes. Lisbon, Portugália, 195-?.
• - Aldeia S.O.S.. Lisbon, Portugália, 1965.
• Marie Maraire - Os 4 da Rua Sem Nome. (cover and illustrations by João Câmara Leme). Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?.
• - A minha casa perdida. (illustrations by João Câmara Leme). Lisbon, Portugália, 1967.
• Saint-Marcoux - O jardim submerso. (illustrations by João Câmara Leme). Lisbon, Portugália, 1967.
• - Os companheiros do veado de prata. (capa e ilustrações de João Câmara Leme). Lisboa: Portugália, 1967.
• - Erika das colinas. (cover and illustrations by João Câmara Leme). Lisbon, Portugália, 1966.
• Mad H. Giraud - As férias de Sir Jerry. (capa e ilustrações de João Câmara Leme). Lisboa: Portugália, imp. 1965.
• - O mistério do lago. Lisbon, Portugália, 1966.
• Elsa Triolet - Rosas a prestações. Lisbon, Portugália, 196-?.

Organised texts[]

• Poesias dispersas ("Dispersed Poems") (by) Almeida Garrett, preface and notes by Augusto da Costa Dias, Maria Helena da Costa Dias, Luís Augusto Costa Dias. Lisbon, Estampa, 1985.
• Almeida Garrett - Obra política : doutrinação da sociedade liberal : 1824-1827 [Almeida Garrett: Public Works: Teacher of Liberal Society: 1824-27]. Lisbon, Estampa, 1991. (organization, text, preface and notes) (with Luís Augusto Costa Dias (coord), João Carlos Lazáro Faria.)
• Almeida Garrett - Obra política : doutrinação da sociedade liberal : 1827 [Almeida Garrett: Public Works: Teacher of Liberal Society: 1827]. Lisbo, Estampa, 1992. (Organization, text, preface and notes) (with Luís Augusto Costa Dias (coord), João Carlos Lazáro Faria.) ^[2]
• Narrativas e lendas (Narratives and Legends) by Almeida Garrett. Lisbon, Estampa, 1979. - Critical edition, texts, preface and notes by Augusto da Costa Dias. Collection of texts, organized by Maria Helena da Costa Dias.
• Romanceiro (by) Almeida Garrett. Lisbon, Estampa, 1983.

References[]

External links[]

• Docweb catalog list Dias, Maria Helena da Costa, 1917-, transl.%22 "AU Dias, Maria Helena da Costa, 1917-, transl."
• Lisbon Municipal Libraries “Dias, Maria Helena da Costa”
• Worldcat “au:Dias, Maria Helena da Costa.”