Sara Pinto Coelho (1913 in
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe – 1990 in
Portugal) was a writer of fiction, plays and
children's literature in the
Portuguese language.
She was born in
Roça Esperança, a hamlet in the island of
Príncipe and was daughter of Manuel dos Santos e Abreu Jr. and Maria Sarah de Lima. She lived the majority of her adulthood in
Mozambique where she was a primary school teacher.
She wrote theatrical plays for the radio, novels, short stories and children's books. She was director of a theatrical program on
Rádio Clube de Moçambique from 1967 to 1972.
She later married Judge José Augusto de Vasconcelos Pinto Coelho, native of
Mondim de Basto,
Casa do Balcão and was mother of the journalist
Carlos Pinto Coelho
Carlos Pinto Coelho (18 April 194415 December 2010) was a Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media personality.
Life and career
Carlos Pinto Coelho was born in Lisbon and lived until he was 19 in Portuguese Mozambique, African Port ...
.
She died in
Praia de Miramar in 1990.
Books
* ''Confidências de Duas Raparigas Modernas'' (1946)
* ''O Tesouro Maravilhoso'' (1947)
* ''Aventuras de um Carapau Dourado'' (1948)
* ''Memórias de uma Menina Velha'' (1994)
References
1913 births
1990 deaths
Mozambican women writers
São Tomé and Príncipe women writers
São Tomé and Príncipe women poets
São Tomé and Príncipe emigrants to Mozambique
People from Príncipe
Portuguese women novelists
São Tomé and Príncipe women short story writers
São Tomé and Príncipe short story writers
Women dramatists and playwrights
Portuguese women children's writers
Portuguese women poets
Portuguese radio presenters
Portuguese women radio presenters
20th-century Portuguese women writers
20th-century novelists
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
São Tomé and Príncipe novelists
São Tomé and Príncipe women novelists
São Tomé and Príncipe dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Portuguese writers
20th-century short story writers
Mozambican emigrants to Portugal
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