Beatriz e o Plátano

Ilse Losa was born in Germany. She attended secondary school in Osnabruck and Hildesheim and later a commercial institute in Hanover. Her Jewish heritage caused her difficulties in her country, from which she was forced to leave. In England, she had her first contact with preschools and the problems of children. She took refuge in Portugal, married there, and acquired Portuguese nationality.
Her already vast body of work includes novels, short stories, chronicles, educational works, and children's literature. She has contributed to various German and Portuguese newspapers and magazines, is represented in several anthologies of Portuguese authors, and has herself collaborated in the organization and translation of anthologies of Portuguese works published in Germany. She has translated some of the most acclaimed authors from German.
In 1984 he received the Gulbenkian Grand Prize, recognizing his body of work for children. Some of his books have also been published in Germany and France.