Hélder Prista Monteiro ( Lisbon, 1922 - 1 November 1994) was a Portuguese playwright and writer. He is known as one of the major practitioners of the

theatre of the absurd The Theatre of the Absurd (french: théâtre de l'absurde ) is a post–World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s. It is also a term for the style o ...

.Luiz Francisco Rebello ''História do teatro português'' 1972 p118 "Certo é que, entre eles, há gradações diversas: desde Heitor Prista Monteiro (a em 1922), o único, aliás, que até agora teve acesso aos palcos profissionais, pois que em 1966 o «Teatro-Estúdio de Lisboa» montou um espectáculo formado .."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Monteiro, Helder Prista 20th-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights 1922 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Portuguese male writers Portuguese male dramatists and playwrights