Luísa Costa Gomes (born in Lisbon, June 16, 1954) is a Portuguese chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
[1] Luísa Costa Gomes has a degree in philosophy from Universidade de Lisboa and was a high school teacher.
Luísa works with literary translation, namely for theater, and edited magazine Ficções dedicated to short stories both by Portuguese and foreign authors.
Costa Gomes also co-writes works, such as the novel "O Defunto Elegante", together with Abel Barros Baptista; the libretto for "O Corvo Branco", opera by Philip Glass and staged by Bob Wilson, debuted at the Expo 98 in Lisbon; the cantata "Sobre o Vulcão", with music by Luís Bragança Gil.
[2] Costa Gomes received the award "Prémio D. Dinis" in 1988 by "Fundação da Casa de Mateus" for her novel O Pequeno Mundo.