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Also Known As Óscar Bento Ribas
Born August 17, 1909 • Luanda • Angola
Died June 19, 2004 (aged 94) • Lisbon • Portugal
Notable Works “Uanga-feitiço”
Subjects Of Study Angolan literature • oral literature • Mbundu • folklore
Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta
Angolan scholar
José Luandino Vieira
Angolan author
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
Angolan novelist
Manuel dos Santos Lima
Angolan author
António Jacinto
Angolan poet
Miguel Torga
Portuguese poet and diarist
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
American author
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
American author
Bernard Binlin Dadié
Ivorian author
José Saramago
José Saramago
Portuguese author
Alexandre Herculano
Portuguese historian
Camilo Castelo Branco
Camilo Castelo Branco
Portuguese novelist
Eça de Queirós, José Maria de
José Maria de Eça de Queirós
Portuguese novelist
Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett
Portuguese writer
José Maria Ferreira de Castro
Portuguese author
Aquilino Ribeiro
Portuguese author
Vergílio Ferreira
Portuguese author
Geraldo Bessa Victor
Angolan poet
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
Portuguese poet
José Régio
Portuguese author and critic