Maria do Rosário Pedreira

Maria do Rosário Pedreira was born in Lisboa and holds a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures. After a brief period in teaching, she began a career in publishing, focusing on Portuguese literature.

She wrote two series of books for young people that were adapted for television. The author of a novel, a book of columns and short stories scattered across magazines and anthologies, she is best known as a poet, with her Poesia Reunida receiving the Prémio da Fundação Inês de Castro. In 2022, she published O Meu Corpo Humano, winner of the Prémio Literário Correntes d’Escritas and the Prémio de Poesia de Oeiras (Consagração), shortlisted for the Prémio PEN de Poesia and nominated for the Prémio Oceanos, and published in Spain by the prestigious publisher Visor. Her book Caçadores de Algas e Outros Contos, prepared for the tribute paid to her by Escritaria in 2025, won the Grande Prémio do Conto Branquinho da Fonseca/APE in 2026. Her work has been translated into several languages and she has taken part in numerous gatherings in Portugal and abroad. She regularly works as a lyricist, having written for António Zambujo and Salvador Sobral, as well as the fado singers Carlos do Carmo, Mísia, Ricardo Ribeiro, Ana Moura, Camané and Aldina Duarte, and has maintained a blog about books and publishing since 2010. She is a columnist for the newspaper A Mensagem de Lisboa.