Lília Momplé

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Lília Maria Clara Carrière Momplé (born March 19, 1935 on Ilha de Moçambique , Nampula , Mozambique ) is a Mozambican writer .

biography

After graduating from school in Lourenço Marques , Lília Momplé studied social work at the Instituto Superior de Serviço Social in Lisbon . She spent a year in London in 1964 , returned to Mozambique and lived in Brazil from 1968 to 1971 . In 1971 she returned to Ilha de Moçambique. In 1981 she went to the capital, Maputo, and worked for the Ministry of Culture. From 1995 to 2001 she was Secretary General of the Mozambican Writers' Association (AEMO). From 1997 to 1999 she was its president. She specifically promoted Mozambican women authors. She was also the Mozambican Ambassador to the General Assembly of UNESCO in Paris . In addition, she was nominated for the Executive Council of UNESCO.

Lília Momplé lives in the capital, Maputo.

Works

  • Ninguém matou Suhura . Maputo, Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos , 1988, Colecção Karingana, n.º 7 (five stories based on true events from the colonial era)
  • Muhupitit Alima 1988 (screenplay).
  • Neighbors . Maputo, Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 1995. 2nd ed., 1999. Colecção Karingana, n.º 16
  • Os olhos da cobra verde . Maputo, Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 1997. Colecção Karingana, n.º 18

Awards

  • Prémio da Novelística (João Dias) in the Concurso Literário do Centenário de Maputo for the story Caniço
  • Prémio Caine para Escritores de África (2001) for the story O Baile de Celina from the book Ninguém matou Suhura

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on Macua.org (accessed December 22, 2009)
  2. ↑ Short biography on Heinemann.com (accessed December 22, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Momplé, Lília
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Momplé, Lília Maria Clara Carrière (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH on Ilha de Moçambique , Nampula , Mozambique