Henrique de Senna Fernandes (October 15, 1923,

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– 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

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before becoming a writer.Senna Fernandes passes away

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, 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 the Pedro Nolasco Commercial School. From 1998 to 2009 he was resident of the General Assembly of CAM, operator of

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. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from the

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and Medal of Cultural Merit in 2001.

Works

*'' Nam Van - Contos de Macau'' 1978 *, adapted into a film of the same name *''Amor e Dedinhos de Pé'' (Love and Tiny Toes) 1986, adapted into a film of the same name *''Mong Há'' 1998 *''Pai das Orquideas'' (Father of the Orchids) *''A-Chan, A Tancareira''

References

1923 births 2010 deaths Macanese people Macau writers Portuguese-language writers University of Coimbra alumni {{Macau-bio-stub