Hélder Proença
Hélder Magno Proença Mendes Tavares (born December 31, 1956 in Bolama , Guinea-Bissau , † June 5, 2009 in Bissau ) was a Guinea-Bissau poet, politician and Minister of Defense of Guinea-Bissau.
Life
Helder Proença became known in 1977 with the publication of a collection of poems by various Guinean authors. Other works by him, mainly in Portuguese and Creole, dealt with the topic of national reconstruction. He was considered one of the leading figures in the new Guinean literature. He was also a high school history teacher.
As early as the 1970s, he was committed to the independence of his country. He was a board member of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) , the party for the independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , deputy state secretary for information, culture and propaganda of the central committee of the party and secretary for information and propaganda of the central council of the JAAC (Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral), the party's youth organization.
He was a member of the National Assembly and held several ministerial offices; from 2006 to 2007 he was Minister of Defense in the government of Aristides Gomes under the presidency of João Bernardo Vieira, who was murdered in March 2009 .
He died in 2009 in an alleged planned coup attempt in which he is said to have participated. He was shot on the road between Bula, in the north of the country, and Bissau. Presidential candidate Baciro Dabo remained among the dead . Former Prime Minister Faustino Imbali was arrested by soldiers. The alleged coup attempt apparently aimed to assassinate Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior and the interim chief of staff of the army Jose Zamora Induta .
Works
- Não Posso Adiar has Palavra , 1982
- Alem there
- Poèmes dans Poésie d'Afrique au sud du Sahara , Actes Sud, 1995
Web links
- Entry infopedia (Portuguese)
- Author directory entry (Portuguese)
- Hélder Proença partilhava com Dabó antiga ligação a "Nino" Vieira - perfil , Angola Press, June 5, 2009 (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ News report RTB
- ↑ Military kills politicians at bbc.co.uk
- ↑ The start of the election campaign postponed after attempted coup. In: derStandard.at. June 8, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Proença, Hélder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hélder Magno Proença Mendes Tavares |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guinea-Bissau writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolama , Guinea-Bissau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 2009 |
| Place of death | Bissau |