J. M. F. Mena Abrantes
Jose Meanuel Reio Mena Abrantes is an Angolan journalist, theatre critic and playwright. He is a former press secretary to the President of Angola.[1] In 1986, he was awarded the Sonangol literature prize for his work, Ana. Zd e os escravos, a drama analyzing the roots of the slave trade from an Angola perspective.[2]
Abrantes was born in Northern Malanje, he attended the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon where he studied Germanic languages graduating in 1969. [1] Between 1970 and 1974, he was in exile in France. In 1975, he co-founded the Angolan Press Agency[3] and was editor-in-chief from 1975 to 1981.
Works[edit]
- Arena conta Zumbi (1964)
- Ana. Zd e os escravos. (staged in 1980 and published in 1988)
- Sequeira. Luis Lopes ou o mulato dos prodiqios. (1993)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wasserman 1999, p. 83.
- ^ Wasserman 1999, p. 38.
- ^ "lazer-e cultura". Angola Press Agency. Luanda. May 27, 2000.
Sources[edit]
- Wasserman, Bonnie (1999). Metaphors of oppression in modern Lusophone historical drama (Thesis). University of Wisconsin.