Eduardo Prado Coelho (29 March 1944

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- 25 August 2007 Lisbon, Portugal) was a

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and

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. He was also a political and cultural critic. Coelho was born on 29 March 1944 in

Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...

. He was the son of Jacinto do Prado Coelho, a Portuguese professor and literary critic. Eduardo Prado Coelho began teaching at the

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in 1983. Coelho often contributed a column to

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. He contributed to the Público newspaper right up to his death in 2007. He was awarded, in 2004, with the ''Prémio Arco-íris'' ( Rainbow Award), of the ''Associação ILGA Portugal'' ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Intervention Association Portugal), the Portuguese chapter of the

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, for his contribution in the struggle against discrimination and

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. Coelho also served as an adviser to the

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. Eduardo Prado Coelho died in

on 25 August 2007, of cardiac problems.

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Público obituary of Eduardo Prado Coelho
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