Amélia da Lomba

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Maria Amélia Gomes Barros da Lomba do Amaral, or Amélia da Lomba or Amélia Dalomba for short (born November 23, 1961 in Cabinda , Portuguese Congo ), is an Angolan writer and journalist.

Amélia da Lomba was born on November 23, 1961 in the Portuguese exclave Cabinda (also Portuguese Congo). After finishing school, she first studied psychology in Moscow. After her return she worked as a journalist for various media in the independent Angola, u. a. Emissora Provincial de Cabinda, Rádio Nacional de Angola and Jornal de Angola .

In addition to her journalistic work, Amélia da Lomba also began writing and published numerous works. Luís Kandjimbo assigns Santana to a series of writers whom he calls the Generation of Uncertainties ( Geração das Incertezas ). This generation cultivated a fearful, painful and melancholy writing style.

In 2005 she received the Medal of the Volcanic Order ( Medalha da Ordem do Vulcão ) of Cape Verde . In 2008 da Lomba also released her first CD with traditional Angolan music.

Da Lomba is a member of the Angolan Writers' Association.

Works

  • Ânsia (1995)
  • Sacrossanto refúgio (1996)
  • Cacimbo 2000 (2000)
  • Espiga do Sahel. Coleção os nossos poetas (2004)
  • Noites ditas à chuva (2005)
  • Sinal de mãe nas estrelas (2007)
  • Aos teus pés quanto baloiça o vento (2008)
  • Uma mulher ao relento (2011)
  • Nsinga - O Mar no Signo do Laço (2012)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amélia da Lomba. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: setorlitafrica.letras.ufrj.br. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, archived from the original on October 22, 2014 ; Retrieved September 10, 2016 (Portuguese, undated).
  2. ^ Adriano de Melo: Escritora Amélia da Lomba realça tradição em "Nsinga". In: Jornal de Angola. Retrieved September 10, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Embaixada de Cabo Verde atribui `medalha do vulcão` a Amélia da Lomba. Agência Angola Press, December 7, 2005, accessed September 10, 2016 (Portuguese).
  4. ^ Amélia da Lomba apresenta novo livro. Agência Angola Press, January 21, 2012, accessed September 10, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Lomba, Amelia there
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dalomba, Amelia; Amaral, Maria Amélia Gomes Barros da Lomba do
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Angolan writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Cabinda , Portuguese Congo