Henrique (or Enrique) Abranches (September 29, 1932 – August 8, 2004) was an

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n writer and anthropologist born in

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Career

In 1975, he went to Angola, where he acquired citizenship. With

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, he founded in Algiers the Angolan Studies Center, where they worked at writing a handbook of the history of Angola. After independence, he was committed to cultural intervention. He was a teacher in higher education, besides being a poet, fiction writer, essayist and playwright.Plural Editores He was also the Director of the National Museum of Slavery, Angola.

Awards

* National Literature Award (1981) for ''Konkhava de Féti''. * National Literature Award (1990) for ''O Clã de Novembrino'' *Luanda trophy (1997)

References

1932 births 2004 deaths Angolan male poets People from Lisbon 20th-century Angolan poets 20th-century male writers Portuguese emigrants to Angola {{Angola-writer-stub