Gloria de Sant'Anna

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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

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

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personal data
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