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Clara Pinto-Correia (born 30 January 1960) is a Portuguese-born novelist, journalist and educator.

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]

Recording from the Library of Congress

Clara Pinto Correia reading from her work

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