Orlando António Fernandes da Costa (July 1929,

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− 27 January 2006) was a

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writer of

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paternal and Mozambican- French maternal descent whose writings express his experiences of life in

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. According to Everton Machado, his book ''O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda'' is a good introduction to know Indo-Portuguese literature. He was the father of current Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, by his first wife

Maria Antónia Palla Maria Antónia Palla (born 10 January 1933) is a journalist, writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, by promoting the practice in in ...

. Costa was maternal cousin to Sérgio Vieira, a politician in Mozambique. After being raised in

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(Goa), Costa spent in the 1950s, most of his time in the ''House of the Students of the Empire'', an institution mainly built to house students from the colonies that were studying in the

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. There, he came in contact with many of the future leaders of the nationalist movements of the colonies, such as the

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, the

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and the

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. Between 1950 and 1953 he was arrested three times by the Salazar government.

Works

* 1951 − ''A Estrada e a Voz'' * 1953 − ''Os Olhos sem Fronteira'' * 1955 − ''Sete Odes do Canto Comum'' * 1961 − ''O Signo da Ira'' * 1964 − ''Podem Chamar-me Eurídice'' * 1971 − ''Sem Flores nem Coroas'' * 1979 − ''Canto Civil'' * 1984 − ''A Como Estão os Cravos Hoje?'' * 1994 − ''Os Netos de Norton'' * 2000 − ''O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda''

External References

Review of "O Signo da Ira" by Leopoldo da Rocha

References

1929 births 2006 deaths People from Maputo Portuguese people of Goan descent Portuguese anti-fascists Portuguese Communist Party politicians Portuguese male writers Portuguese politicians of Indian descent Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery People from Margao Novelists from Goa University of Lisbon alumni Poets from Goa {{Portugal-politician-stub