Isabel Alçada | |
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Born | Lisbon, Portugal | 29 May 1950
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Language | Portuguese |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon, Boston University |
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Years active | 1982–present |
Notable works | Uma aventura series |
Minister of Education | |
In office 2009–2011 | |
Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
Preceded by | Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues |
Succeeded by | Nuno Crato |
Maria Isabel Girão de Melo Veiga Vilar GOIH GOIP [1] [2] ( Lisbon, 29 May 1950), [3] better known by her pen name, Isabel Alçada, is a Portuguese teacher, writer, and politician. As a writer, she is mainly dedicated to children's literature, being primarily known for writing the Uma aventura series of books with her writing partner Ana Maria Magalhães. [4] [5]
Alçada has also held a number of education-related government-appointed positions, including coordinator for the working group that would conceive the Portuguese school library network (1995-1996), and commissioner for the National Reading Plan (2006-2009). From 2009 to 2011 she was the Minister of Education in the XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal. [6] [7]
Isabel Alçada was born in Lisbon on 29 May 1950. She attended Lycée français Charles Lepierre and took her Bachelor's degree in philosophy at the University of Lisbon, later obtaining a Master's degree in education sciences from the Boston University. In 1976, she decided to follow a career teaching Portuguese and History to 5th and 6th grade students (the 2nd cycle in the Portuguese basic education system); and in 1985, she joined the teaching staff of the Lisbon School of Education. [3] [7]
She met Ana Maria Magalhães in 1976 at the Escola Básica Fernando Pessoa where they were both teachers. The two teachers formed a friendship and writing partnership, publishing their first book, Uma Aventura na Cidade, in 1982. [5] [8] This would be become the first book of the Uma aventura series which would go on to have dozens of books. [9]
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