Ernesto Pires Barreto de Lara Filho (1932–1977) was a revolutionary

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writer and agronomist and brother of Angolan poet

Alda Lara Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola – 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola) was a Portuguese-language Angolan poet.Margaret Busby (ed.), '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthol ...

. Born in

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in 1932, he was educated in Angola and

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before he began work as a journalist in

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in the 1950s. An outspoken supporter of

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, he was arrested by the Portuguese security agency

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for his revolutionary activities. 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. He died in an automobile accident in 1977, at age 44.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lara, Ernesto Filho Angolan writers 1932 births 1977 deaths Angolan people of Portuguese descent People from Benguela

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