African Lusophone writers / edited by Monica Rector and Richard Vernon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rector, Mônica, editor.

Vernon, Richard, 1945- editor.

Series:

Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 367.

Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 367

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (Portuguese)--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Authors, African--Biography--Dictionaries.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Reference works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Gale Cengage Learning, 2012.

Summary:

"Biographical entries on African Lusophone writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

José Eduardo Agualusa (1960- ) / Patricia D. Fox

Germano Almeida (1945- ) / Elias J. Torres Feijó

Orlanda Amarilis (1924- ) / Luis Gonçalves

Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (1957- ) / Patricia D. Fox

João Paulo Borges Coelho (1955- ) / Sandra I. Sousa

Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973) / Luis Gonçalves

Boaventura Cardoso (1944- ) / Patricia D. Fox

Paulina Chiziane (1955- ) / Claudia Amorim

Costa Andrade (1936-2009) / Maria Luci De Biaji Moreira

Mia Couto (1955- ) / Elias J. Torres Feijó

José Craveirinha (1922-2003) / Claudia Amorim

Viriato da Cruz (1928-1973) / Raquel Ribeiro

Noémia De Sousa (1926-2002) / Anita de Melo

Vimala Devi (1932- ) / Robert N. Anderson

João Dias (1926-1949) / Sandra I. Sousa

Vera Duarte (1952- ) / Cláudio de Sá Capuano

Alda Espírito Santo (1926-2010) / Claudia Amorim

António Aurélio Gonçalves (1901-1984) / M. Felisa Rodríguez Prado

Luís Bernardo Honwana (1942- ) / Érica Fontes

Rui Knopfli (1932-1997) / Rex P. Nielson

Baltasar Lopes (1907-1989) / Lamonte Aidoo

Manuel Lopes (1907-2005) / Benjamin Abdala Júnior

Lina Magaia (1945-2011) / Sandra I. Sousa

João Melo (1955- ) / Sandra I. Sousa

Lília Momplé (1935- ) / Luis Gonçalves

Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) / Benjamin Abdala Júnior

Ondjaki (1977- ) / Érica Fontes

Pepetela (1941- ) / José N. Ornelas

Jofre Rocha (1941- ) / Raquel Ribeiro

Luís Romano (1922-2010) / M. Felisa Rodríguez Prado

Manuel Rui (1941- ) / Fernando Arenas

Dina Salústio (1941- ) / Alessandra M. Pires

Gloria de Sant'Anna (1925-2009) / Clara Carolina de Souza Santos

Marcelino dos Santos (1929- ) / Rex P. Nielson

Calane da Silva (1945- ) / Clara Carolina de Souza Santos

Onésimo Silveira (1935- ) / Robert N. Anderson

Eugénio Tavares (1867-1930) / M. Felisa Rodríguez Prado

Francisco José Tenreiro (1921-1963) / Inocência Mata

Manuel Veiga (1948- ) / M. Felisa Rodríguez Prado

José Luandino Vieira (1935- ) / José N. Ornelas

Eduardo White (1963- ) / Isabel Cristina Rodrigues Ferreira

Appendices. The literature of Angola / Inocência Mata ; The literature of Cape Verde / M. Felisa Rodríguez Prado

The literature of Goa / Robert N. Anderson ; The literature of Guinea-Bisau / Patricia D. Fox ; The literatures of Macau and East Timor / Robert N. Anderson ; The literature of Mozambique / Isabel Cristina Rodrigues Ferreira ; The literature of São Tomé and Príncipe / Inôcencia Mata

Appendix. General perspectives on African Lusophone literature. Africa as a theme in Portuguese literature / Gerald M. Moser ; African literature in the Portuguese language / Gerald M. Moser ; Portuguese Africa : toward mutual assimilation / Richard A. Preto-Rodas ; The literature of Cape Verde / Albert Gérard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781414462400

1414462409