Ernesto Lara Filho
Born
Ernesto Pires Barreto de Lara Filho

(1932-11-02)2 November 1932
Died7 February 1977(1977-02-07) (aged 44)
NationalityPortuguese, Angolan
Occupation(s)writer, civil servant

Ernesto Pires Barreto de Lara Filho (1932–1977) was a revolutionary Portuguese Angolan writer and agronomist and brother of Angolan poet Alda Lara.

Born in Benguela in 1932, he was educated in Angola and Portugal before he began work as a journalist in Luanda in the 1950s. An outspoken supporter of Angolan independence, he was arrested by the Portuguese security agency PIDE for his revolutionary activities.[1]

In his life Ernesto Lara Filho published several notable books and anthologies of poetry. He was also one of the founders of the Association of Angolan Writers after independence.[2] He died in an automobile accident in 1977, at age 44.

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References

  1. ”Ernesto Lara Filho”. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Home". ueangola.com.
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