WRITER

Maria Teresa Horta

1937 - Today

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Maria Teresa de Mascarenhas Horta Barros (born 20 May 1937, Lisbon) is a Portuguese feminist poet, journalist and activist. She is one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Teresa Horta has received more than 26,990 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Teresa Horta is the 6,181st most popular writer (down from 5,545th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 27k

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  • 42.83

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Teresa Horta ranks 6,181 out of 7,302Before her are Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, George Saunders, David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, and George Woodcock. After her are Gillian Flynn, Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Kurt Marti, Lester Bangs, and Beryl Bainbridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Maria Teresa Horta ranks 502Before her are Magic Slim, Romano Sgheiz, Willi Giesemann, Tony Maggs, Willi Koslowski, and Tore Eriksson. After her are Franco De Piccoli, Archibald MacKinnon, Charles Dumas, Mario Bergara, Tatyana Talysheva, and Paul Hawkins.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria Teresa Horta ranks 423 out of 633Before her are Eduardo Carvalho (1982), George Grey (1812), Abel Ferreira (1978), Gonçalo Ramos (2001), Hilário (1975), and Custódio Pinto (1942). After her are Cristina Branco (1972), Silvestre Varela (1985), João Pereira (1984), Sérgio Oliveira (1992), Gonçalo Guedes (1996), and Rúben Amorim (1985).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Maria Teresa Horta ranks 39Before her are José Luandino Vieira (1935), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), Aquilino Ribeiro (1885), Jorge de Sena (1919), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), and Herberto Hélder (1930). After her are José Luís Peixoto (1974).