She is one of the most valuable names in contemporary Portuguese literature. She studied and worked in Germany, was a full professor in Lisbon, and lived in Brazil and Mozambique. It was only in a more mature phase of her life, at 41, that she released her first book: “O Silêncio” (The Silence), which was awarded the PEN Club Fiction Prize. Since then, she has never stopped publishing, proving herself a remarkable novelist and short story writer. In 2025, she published her 21st book, “Autobiografia não escrita de Marta Freud” (Marta Freud’s Unwritten Autobiography), revealing the dark side of Sigmund Freud, a work awarded the APE Grand Prize. At 86, Teolinda Gersão is preparing a new novel, expresses concern for the world's suffering, and laments that her grandchildren have emigrated because “this country has no future for them.” Listen to her in this first part of the podcast “A Beleza das Pequenas Coisas” (The Beauty of Small Things) by Bernardo Mendonça.