António Jacinto

António Jacinto was born on 28 September 1924 in Luanda, to parents of Portuguese origin. A poet and storyteller, and an activist against colonial rule, he was arrested around the turn of the sixties and spent more than ten years in the Tarrafal camp, in Cape Verde, which he recounted in a book of memoirs. After independence, he joined Angola's first government, where he oversaw the reform of education and cultural life. He died in Lisbon on 23 June 1991.

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• PoetryPoemasAntónio Jacinto · 1961not translated into EnglishLiterature