List of Angolan writers

This is a list of Angolan writers, ordered alphabetically by surname.

• Henrique Abranches (born 1932), poet
• José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960), Portuguese-Angolan journalist and fiction writer.^[Gikandi]
• Fernando Costa Andrade (born 1936), poet.^[Jahn]
• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990), poet and politician.^[Jahn]
• Mario António (born 1934), poet.^[Jahn]
• Arlindo Barbeitos (1940– ), poet
• Geraldo Bessa Victor (born 1917), poet.^[Jahn]
• Dulce Braga (1958– )
• António Cardoso (born 1933), short story writer.^[Jahn]
• Mendes de Carvalho, writing as Uanhenga Xitu, politician and Africanist writer in Portuguese and Kimbundu.^[Gikandi][1]
• Lisa Castel (1955– ), writer and journalist
• Alberto Graves Chakussanga (born 1978?–5 September 2010) murdered Angolan radio journalist
• Maria João Chipalavela^[2]
• Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (1900–1960), poet.^[Jahn]
• Viriato da Cruz (born 1928), poet.^[Jahn]
• Alexandre Dáskalos (1924– ), poet^[3]
• Maria Alexandre Dáskalos (1957– )^{[4] [Jahn]}
• Raul David (1918– )^[5]
• Lopito Feijóo (1963– ), poet.^[6]
• Isabel Ferreira (1958– )
• Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977), poet^[7]
• Domingos Florentino (1953– )^[8]
• Henrique Guerra (born 1937), short story writer.^[Jahn]
• Duque Kate Hama (1963– )^[9]
• António Jacinto (1924–1991), poet and political activist.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• Sousa Jamba (1966– ), Anglophone journalist and novelist.^[10][11]
• Kandjila (1973– )^[12]
• Luis Kandjimbo (1960– ), essayist and critic.^[13]
• Dia Kassembe (1946– ), Francophone writer and novelist.^[14]
• Alda Lara (1930–1962), poet.
• Manuel de Santos Lima (1935– )^{[15] [Jahn]}
• Amélia da Lomba (1961– ), writer and journalist
• Reis Luís, or "Mbwanga" (1968– ), Portuguese-language novelist.^[16]
• João Maimona (1955– ), poet and essayist.^[17]
• Rafael Marques, journalist
• André Massaki (born 1923), politician and writer.^[Jahn]
• Joaqim Dias Cordeiro da Matta (1857–1894), folklorist.^[Jahn]
• Cikakata Mbalundu (Aníbal Simões) (1955–)^[18]
• Manuel Rui Monteiro (1941– ), poet.^{[Gikandi][19]}
• Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), poet.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Frederico Ningi (1959– ), poet, journalist^[20]
• Ondjaki (1977– ), poet, novelist and dramatist.
• Ernesto Cochat Osório (1917–2002), doctor and poet.^[Jahn]
• Pepetela, pen-name of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (1941–), writer of fiction.^[Gikandi]
• José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891), early Angolan journalist
• Wanda Ramos (1948–1998)
• Inácio Rebelo de Andrade (1935– )^[21]
• Oscar Ribas (1909–2004), novelist.^[Jahn]
• Alcides Sakala Simões (1953– )^[22]
• Ana de Santana (1960– )
• Aires de Almeida Santos^[23]
• Arnaldo Santos (born 1936), poet.^[Jahn]
• Maria Perpétua Candeias da Silva, teacher and short story writer.^[Jahn]
• Paula Tavares (1952– ), poet.
• Timóteo Ulika (Cornélio Caley)^[24]
• José Luandino Vieira (1935– ), short-story writer and novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• Uanhenga Xitu (born 1924), writer and nationalist
• Mota Yekenha (1962– )^[25]

See also

• List of Portuguese-language poets

References

1. Georg M. Gugelberger, Marxism and African literature, p. 147.
2. "Maria João Chipalavela", Nação Ovimbundu.org
3. "Alexandre Dáskalos", Nação Ovimbundu.org
4. "Maria Alexandre Dáskalos", Nação Ovimbundu.org
5. "Raul David", Nação Ovimbundu.org
6. Patrick Chabal, The Post-Colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa, 1996, pp. 159–60.
7. "Ernesto Lara Filho", Nação Ovimbundu.org
8. "Domingos Florentino", Nação Ovimbundu.org
9. "Duque Kate Hama", Nação Ovimbundu.org
10. Rogers, Sean. "Sousa Jamba". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 February 2009. Accessed 17 February 2011.
11. "Sousa Jamba", Nação Ovimbundu.org
12. "Kandjila", Nação Ovimbundu.org
13. "Luís Kandjimbo (Luís Domingos)", Nação Ovimbundu.org
14. "Dia Kassembe". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
15. "Manuel de Santos Lima", Nação Ovimbundu.org
16. Livro ´´À conquista da dispersão à Kianda`` é lançado quinta-feira, ANGOP, 3 October 2010
17. João Maimona – Plural Editores
18. "Cikakata Mbalundu (Aníbal Simões)", Nação Ovimbundu.org
19. "Manuel Rui Monteiro" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
20. "Frederico Ningi", Nação Ovimbundu.org
21. "Inácio Rebelo de Andrade", Nação Ovimbundu.org
22. "Alcides Sakala Simões", Nação Ovimbundu.org
23. "Aires de Almeida Santos", Nação Ovimbundu.org
24. "Timóteo Ulika (Cornélio Caley)", Nação Ovimbundu.org
25. "Mota Yekenha", Nação Ovimbundu.org

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
2. [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
3. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
4. [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4