Rui, Manuel

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Rui, Manuel
Date of birth
1941-11-04
Associated country
Angola
Field of activity
Literature
Associated Language
por
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 84493599
Wikidata: Q6083115
Library of congress: n 78057723
Sources of Information
  • A mãe, 2023:title page (Manuel Rui) back flap (born 4 November 1941 in Huambo; has a law degree from the [Universidade de] Coimbra; writes in a variety of genres; works of fiction include Sim camarada! and Quem me dera ser onda)
  • His Sim camarada! 1977:t.p. (Manuel Rui)
  • His Regresso adiado, 1973?:t.p. (Manuel Rui) p. facing t.p. (b. in Nova Lisboa, Angola, 1941)
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Wikipedia description:

Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro (born 4 November 1941) is an Angolan writer of poetry, novels, theater plays, and short stories. He has been described as "the chronicler par excellence of postindependence Angola" through fiction that offers "subtle, complex, pointed, and oftentimes humorous portrayals of Angola since the early years of the MPLA euphoria, in which he played a political role."

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