Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta

Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta (1711-1793) was a Brazilian author of the Enlightenment era. She was born in São Paulo and moved with her parents to Portugal at the age of six, where she remained for the rest of her life. Her chief work is Maximas de Virtude e Formosura (Maxims of Virtue and Beauty), published in Lisbon in 1752 and reissued in 1777 under the title Aventuras de Diófanes. Based on Fénelon's novel Télémaque, it contains a criticism of royal absolutism, recommending instead that the king should follow a policy of enlightened paternalism.

References

C.R. Boxer: Women in Iberian Expansion Overseas: Some Facts, Fancies and Personalities (Oxford University Press, 1975)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 29808408 LCCN: nr93014381 ISNI: 0000 0000 6661 4612 GND: 124667244 SUDOC: 076656616 BNF: cb15009158m (data)

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