Gloria de Sant'Anna
Glória de Sant'Anna (born May 26, 1925 in Lisbon , † June 2, 2009 in Válega ) was a Portuguese poet .
Life
Glória de Sant'Anna was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon in 1925 . In 1949 she married the architect Afonso Henriques Manta Andrade Paes (1924–1987). With this she lived from 1951 to 1974 in Mozambique , including in the places Pemba and Chimoio . During this time, but also after her return to Portugal, Glória de Sant'Anna wrote numerous works.
In 1961 she was awarded the Camilo Pessanha Prize for her literary work .
Glória de Sant'Anna died in 2009 at the age of 84 in the Portuguese port of Válega .
Works
- Distância (1951)
- Música Ausente (1954)
- Livro de Água (1961)
- Poemas do Tempo Agreste (1964)
- To Denso Azul Silêncio (1965)
- Desde que o Mundo e 32 poemas de intervalo (1972)
- Amaranto (1983)
- Não eram Aves Marinhas (1988)
- Solamplo (2000)
- Algures no Tempo (2005)
- E nas Mãos Algumas Flores (2007)
- Trinado para a Noite que Avança (2009)
- GRITOACANTO 1970-1974 (2010)
Awards
- 1961: Camilo Pessanha Prize
literature
- Eugénio Lisboa: Glória de Sant'Anna: How purity can also be commitment , Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies, 1994
- Vergílio Alberto Vieira: Glória de Sant'Anna, Letras & Letras , Porto 1990
- Eugénio Lisboa: Glória de Sant'Anna: O Silêncio Intimo das Coisas, Prelo: Rev. da Imprensa Nacional , Lisbon 1984
Web links
- Gloria de Sant'Anna website (Portuguese)
- Glória de Sant'Anna in the Portal da Literatura (Portuguese)
- Luís Rafael: Three Woman Poets from Mozambique: Glória de Sant'Anna in Babilónia (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sant'Anna, Glória de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sant'Anna, Gloria de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2009 |
Place of death | Válega |