José Mena Abrantes

José Manuel Feio Mena Abrantes (born January 11, 1945 in Malanje ) is an Angolan writer and dramaturge .

Mena Abrantes studied German in Lisbon , where he staged his first play in 1967. He left Portugal and lived in Frankfurt am Main from 1970 to 1974 , where he also worked as an assistant director at the Frankfurt Municipal Theaters in 1973 . At the end of 1974 he returned to Angola and founded the theater group Tchinganje there , with which he staged the first play in Angola after independence in 1975. In 1988 he founded the Elinga Teatro in Luanda , of which he has been director since then and with which he has participated in numerous international theater festivals.

José Mena Abrantes lives in Luanda and is also a press advisor to the Angolan President

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Ana, Zé e os Escravos. (1988) - play
Meninos. (1991) - poetry
Nandyala ou a Tirania dos Monstros. (1993) - play
Sequeira, Luís Lopes ou o mulato dos prodígios. (1993) - play
A órfão do rei. (1996) - play
Caminhos Desencantados. (1996)
Objetos Musicais. (1997) - poetry
Teatro Angola Cena Lusófona I. ISBN 978-972-98281-1-9 .
Teatro Angola Cena Lusófona II. (1999)
Apuros de Poetas. Editorial Chá de Caxinde, Luanda 2007, ISBN 978-989-8022-47-9 .

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SURNAME	Mena Abrantes, José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Feio Mena Abrantes, José Manuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Angolan writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Malanje