Author · Cape Verde, Portugal
Manuel Ferreira
Died in 1992
Manuel Ferreira was born on 18 July 1917 in Gândara dos Olivais, near Leiria. At the lycée he followed commerce and pharmacy courses before taking a degree in social sciences in Lisbon. Mobilised for Cape Verde in 1941, he stayed six years in the islands, frequented the Claridade and Certeza groups in Mindelo and married a writer from the country. Six years in Portuguese India and two in Angola followed. Back in Portugal, he devoted his work to the African literatures in Portuguese and in 1958 received the Fernão Mendes Pinto prize for another book. He died on 17 March 1992 near Lisbon.
In the catalogue 2
- NovelHora di baiManuel Ferreira · 1962not translated into EnglishLiterature
- NovelHora di BaiManuel Ferreira · 1962not translated into EnglishLiterature