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Henrique De Senna Fernandes
Henrique de Senna Fernandes (October 15, 1923, Macao – October 4, 2010, Macao) was a Macanese writer. Born in 1923 as one of 11 siblings to an old Macanese family, who settled in Macau over 250 years ago, he studied law at the University of Coimbra before becoming a writer. , 5 October 2010 His work, written in Portuguese, evokes the atmosphere of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s in the territory. Often focussing on the lives of characters of mixed racial origins, like the author himself, his work represents a unique viewpoint on the evolution of the territory in the twentieth century. Besides writing he was a teacher and director at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macao
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of " one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Público (Portugal)
''Público'' (; English: ''Public'') is a Portuguese daily national newspaper of record published in Lisbon, Portugal. History and profile ''Público'' was first published on 5 March 1990. The paper was founded by Sonae and is owned by the Sonae group. In 1992 Italian media company Repubblica International Holding SA, a subsidiary of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, acquired 16.75% of the paper. ''Público'' is published in tabloid format and has its headquarters in Lisbon. The paper is known as a publication of the French school with extensive texts and few illustrations. Its first editor-in-chief was Vicente Jorge Silva, formerly sub-editor-in-chief at ''Expresso''. José Manuel Fernandes also served as the editor-in-chief of the paper. Since 2009 Bárbara Reis has served as the editor-in-chief. ''Público'' is one of the first Portuguese mainstream newspapers to have an online edition which was started in 1995. Its online edition was free and included almost all the articles fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macanese People
The Macanese people ( pt, Macaense) are an East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting of people of predominantly mixed Cantonese and Portuguese as well as Malay, Japanese, English, Sinhalese, and Indian ancestry.Teixeira, Manuel (1965),''Os Macaenses'', Macau: Imprensa Nacional; Amaro, Ana Maria (1988), ''Filhos da Terra'', Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, pp. 4–7; and Pina-Cabral, João de and Nelson Lourenço (1993), ''Em Terra de Tufões: Dinâmicas da Etnicidade Macaense'', Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, for three varying, yet converging discussions on the definition of the term Macanese. Also particularly helpful is ''Review of Culture'' No. 20 July/September (English Edition) 1994, which is devoted to the ethnography of the Macanese.Marreiros, Carlos (1994), "Alliances for the Future" in ''Review of Culture'', No. 20 July/September (English Edition), pp. 162–172. Name The term "澳門人" (meaning ''Macanese'') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Coimbra
The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537. The university is among the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest in Portugal, and played an influential role in the development of higher education in the Lusophone, Portuguese-speaking world. In 2013, UNESCO declared the university a World Heritage Site, noting its architecture, unique culture and traditions, and historical role. The contemporary university is organized into eight faculty (division), faculties, granting bachelor's (''licenciado''), master's (''mestre'') and doctorate (''doutor'') degrees in nearly all major fields. It lends its name to the Coimbra Group of European research universities founded in 1985, of which it was a fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau Daily Times
The ''Macau Daily Times'' () is one of the two daily English-language newspapers published in Macau, launched on June 1, 2007. Overview The paper started life among one English and several Chinese and Portuguese language newspapers. It consists of between 20 and 36 pages. Currently more than 30 journalists and contributors are working with the paper which includes a director, managing editor, contributing editors, reporters and designers. The newspaper, like all press in Macau (and Hong Kong), are protected by the Basic Law and Press Law, which upholds the freedom of the press in the enclave and restricting government regulation of the media. Journalists can protect their sources of information. An editorial on the website claims that the paper "is an independent and unbiased newspaper that voices every side's opinion'. Since March 1, 2012, Paulo Coutinho, an award-winning journalist with a career over 25 years in television, magazines and newspapers, is the director and edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau International Airport
Macau International Airport ( zh, 澳門國際機場; pt, Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters which opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region. Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo. In 2017 the number of passengers had increased to 7,165,803, which is more than the 6 million passengers per year the terminal was originally designed for. History During the 1990s, the Macau airport had a direct link to Europe. TAP Air Portugal, in cooperation with Sabena, started flying Airbus A340s to Lisbon via Brussels in April 1996, but within a few months the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Macau
The University of Macau (UM; Portuguese: ''Universidade de Macau'', Chinese: 澳門大學) is an internationalised public comprehensive university in Macau. The UM campus is located in the east of Hengqin Island, Guangdong province in Mainland China, on a piece of land leased to the Macau SAR government, and is under the jurisdiction of Macau. UM is ranked in the 201–250 bracket in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022, with a global ranking of No. 5 in International Outlook, No. 33 in the THE Asia University Rankings, No 60 in the THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings, and No 26 in the THE Young University Rankings. In the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023, it is ranked No. 304. The university ranks first in the Portuguese-speaking world. With the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, UM has established three state key laboratories, namely State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, State Key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Van
''Nam Van'' is a collection of short stories by the Macanese author Henrique de Senna Fernandes. It was first published in Macau in 1978. Taking its name from Praia Grande also known as Nam Van in Chinese, written in Portuguese, the collection is an attempt to sketch out aspects of the identity of the Macanese, the mixed race community considered by the Chinese and the Portuguese to be the sons of the soil. In Senna Fernandes's stories, this group is depicted as inextricably in-between, in-between the Portuguese and the Chinese, in between a seemingly idyllic past and a fast approaching present that will see the territory transformed and their place within it rendered fragile, The stories contained include: *"A-Chan, A Tancareira" (which was written whilst the author was a student at the University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bewitching Braid
''The Bewitching Braid'' (, pt, A Trança Feiticeira) is a 1996 film directed by Cai Yuanyuan (蔡元元) and produced by Cai An'an (蔡安安 aka "Choi Unun"). It was the first film produced in Macau. The Cai brothers hoped to make a film that showcased the territory. The production company was jointly owned by the two brothers. The budgeting of the film, shot in 1995, was for 8,000,000 Macau patacas, with 2,000,000 patacas of that used for distribution purposes. It is an adaptation of written by Henrique de Senna Fernandes, written originally in Portuguese as ''A Trança Feiticeira''; the English translation of this novel was published under the same English name, ''The Bewitching Braid'', by Hong Kong University Press. Most of the filming locations were in Portuguese Macau and Zhuhai. The film is about a relationship between a Portuguese man and a Chinese woman. The story is set in the 1930s. Cast * as Adozindo () * Ning Jing as A-Leng () * as Adozindo's father * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amor E Dedinhos De Pé
(literally: 'Love and Tiny Toes'; es, Amor y deditos del pie; french: Macao, mépris et passion) is a 1992 Portuguese-language Portuguese- French-Spanish film of romantic drama genre, directed and written by Luís Filipe Rocha and Izaías Almada, and starring Joaquim de Almeida, Ana Torrent and Jean-Pierre Cassel. It is based on the novel by the Macanese writer Henrique de Senna Fernandes. The film was premiered in Macau on 20 March 1992, and was released in France on 21 October of the same year. In Portugal it was released on 15 January 1993, and in Spain on 6 August of the same year. Summary The film shows the social difficulties of a romance born on a cold night in Macau, when a seductive playboy is in love with a young woman who washes his toes. The story serves to make a portrait of the Portuguese colonialist society of Macau. In the end of the 19th century, the Portuguese Christian society melancholically looks towards Europe and proudly turns its back on China. In thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Births
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2010 Deaths
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