Rosária da Silva

Rosária da Silva (born April 4, 1959 in Golungo Alto , Cuanza Norte Province , Portuguese Angola ) is an Angolan writer and poet.

Life

Rosária da Silva was born on April 4, 1959 in the small town of Golungo Alto ( Cuanza Norte province ) of the Portuguese colony of Angola . After completing her school education, she studied education with a focus on Portuguese linguistics at the Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação (ISCED) at the Agostinho Neto University in the capital Luanda .

In the 1980s she was a co-author of Kilimba magazine , where she mainly published poems and articles in the "Culture and Women" section. In 1984 Silva joined the "Literary Youth Brigade" in Lobito. In 1987 she took part in the first meeting of Angola's young authors. In the 1980s and 1990s she also wrote for the supplement “Life and Culture” of the state newspaper Jornal de Angola . Silva was not only active as a writer, but also devoted herself to theater and music, including the pieces "A falta de casas", "Conflitos" and "Ilusão".

In 1999 Rosária da Silva published her first novel entitled Totonya , making it the first female novelist in the history of Angolan literature. In her works - from theater to literature - Silva primarily showed the perspectives of Angolan women.

Rosária da Silva works as the provincial media director for the province of Cuanza Norte and is also the managing director of the regional monthly magazine "Kilombo - Kwanza Norte Actualidade."

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Escritora Rosária da Silva reedita obra ´´Totonya``. Angop - Agência Angola Press, November 6, 2005, accessed October 18, 2016 (Portuguese).
↑ ^a ^b Rosária da Silva. União dos Escritores Angolanos, accessed October 18, 2016 (Portuguese).
^ Prem Poddar, Rajeev Patke, Lars Jensen (eds.): A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburg 2008, ISBN 978-0-7486-2394-5 .

personal data
SURNAME	Silva, Rosária there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Angolan writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4th 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Golungo Alto , Cuanza Norte Province , Portuguese Angola

[:0-1] Escritora Rosária da Silva reedita obra ´´Totonya``. Angop - Agência Angola Press, November 6, 2005, accessed October 18, 2016 (Portuguese).

[:1-2] Rosária da Silva. União dos Escritores Angolanos, accessed October 18, 2016 (Portuguese).

[3] Prem Poddar, Rajeev Patke, Lars Jensen (eds.): A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburg 2008, ISBN 978-0-7486-2394-5 .