Patrícia Reis

Portuguese Guest

Patrícia Reis’s most recent work is The Disobedient, a biography of Maria Teresa Horta, published in 2024. Horta is the only surviving author of the well-known “Three Marias,” the trio of intrepid writers who authored the Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), the feminist manifesto that echoed around the world and scandalized the Portuguese dictatorship. The story of Horta, whose art and activism stood out in a deeply patriarchal time and context promises to continue inspiring new generations of women. Reis is also the editor of Egoísta magazine, and the founding partner of the design studio 004. She is the author of numerous acclaimed novels. She writes for the blog Fictiongram and for the newspaper Expresso. She participates weekly in Antena 1’s program A Páginas Tantas and co-hosts the podcast Um Género de Conversa. Previously Reis wrote biographies of actor Vasco Santana, singer Simone de Oliveira, and journalist and writer Maria Antónia Palla. She studied history and has a master’s degree in Religious Sciences with a dissertation entitled “The influence of biblical narratives on the work of Maria Teresa Horta”. As part of her work as a curator, she was responsible for the exhibition of photo reporter Alfredo Cunha (March 2024) and of painter Ana Vidigal (“Family stories”, November 2024), both at the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation Art and Culture Center.