 Lídia Jorge lives in Lisbon and has two children and one grandchild.Lídia Jorge’s first publication, the novel "O Dia dos Prodígios" [The Day of the Prodigies] (1980), is considered to be a major contribution to the new wave of modern Portuguese literature which followed the end of the Estado Novo regime in 1974.The two novels which followed, "O Cais das Merendas" [The Wharf of the Parties’ Remains] (1982) and "Notícia da Cidade Silvestre" [The Wild Town Remembering] (1984) both won the Literary Prize of the Lisbon Municipality.