Orlando António Fernandes da Costa (July 1929, Maputo − 27 January 2006) was a Portuguese writer of Goan paternal and Mozambican-French maternal descent whose writings express his experiences of life in Goa.[1] According to Everton Machado, his book O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda is a good introduction to know Indo-Portuguese literature.[2] He was the father of current Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, by his first wife Maria Antónia Palla.[3] Costa was maternal cousin to Sérgio Vieira, a politician in Mozambique.[4]

After being raised in Margao (Goa), Costa spent in the 1950s, most of his time in the House of the Students of the Empire, an institution mainly built to house students from the colonies that were studying in the metropole. There, he came in contact with many of the future leaders of the nationalist movements of the colonies, such as the MPLA, the FRELIMO and the PAIGC. Between 1950 and 1953, he was arrested three times by the Salazar government.[5][6] A few days before he died, on January 5, 2006, he received from Jorge Sampaio's hands the degree of Commander of the Order of Liberty.[7]

Works

  • 1951 − A Estrada e a Voz[8]
  • 1953 − Os Olhos sem Fronteira[9]
  • 1955 − Sete Odes do Canto Comum
  • 1961 − O Signo da Ira
  • 1964 − Podem Chamar-me Eurídice
  • 1971 − Sem Flores nem Coroas
  • 1979 − Canto Civil
  • 1984 − A Como Estão os Cravos Hoje?
  • 1994 − Os Netos de Norton
  • 2000 − O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda[10]

External References

References

  1. ↑ Jarnagin, Laura (2011). Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011: The making of the Luso-Asian world, intricacies of engagement. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 229–237. ISBN 9789814345255.
  2. ↑ Jarnagin, Laura (1 August 2003). "Indo-Portuguese Literature and the Goa of Its Writers". Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 9789814517652.
  3. ↑ Then Came A Gandhi Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, outlookindia.com, retrieved 10 September 2015
  4. ↑ Group, Global Media (25 May 2007). "Das castas altas da Índia". DN (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Ben Antao, 'Goan Literature in English', Muse India, 64 (November–December 2015), "Welcome to Muse India". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015..
  6. ↑ Borges, Charles J.; Feldmann, Helmut (1997). "Goa in the novel o signo da era by Orlando da Costa". Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 9788170226598.
  7. ↑ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Costa, Orlando da (1951). A estrada e a voz: poemas (in Portuguese). Centro bibliográfico.
  9. ↑ Costa, Orlando da (1953). Os olhos sem fronteiras, poemas. Centro Bibliográfico.
  10. ↑ Costa, Orlando da (2000). O último olhar de Manú Miranda (in Portuguese). Ancora Editora. ISBN 9789727800520.
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