Teolinda Gersão wins Grand Prize for Romance and Novella

Writer Teolinda Gersão is the winner of the APE — DGLAB Grand Prize for Novels and Short Stories, with the novel The Unwritten Autobiography of Martha Freud , the Portuguese Writers Association (APE) announced this Tuesday.

The jury's decision was taken unanimously.

This is the second time that Teolinda Gersão has been awarded the Grand Prize for Novel and Novella , which she won in 1995 with A Casa da Cabeça de Cavalo .

The writer also won the APE Short Story Grand Prize twice, with Prantos, amores e outros desvarios , in 2017, and Histórias de Ver e Andar , in 2002.

The Grand Prize for Novels and Short Stories from the Portuguese Writers' Association — General Directorate of Books, Archives and Libraries is worth 15 thousand euros.