Alda da Graça
Also recorded as Alda Neves da Graca Espirito Santo · Alda do Espírito Santo · Alda Espírito Santo · Alda Graça
Alda da Graça

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- Born
- 1926 · São Tomé and Príncipe.
- Died
- 2010 · Luanda.
- Nationality
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Occupation
- poet · politician · writer
- Fields
- poetry
- Known for
- Independência total
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Alda Neves da Graca Espirito Santo, Alda do Espírito Santo, Alda Espírito Santo, Alda Graça and Alda Graca. Her recorded language was Portuguese.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Alda da Graça worked in poetry. Recorded positions include minister, president and Member of the National Assembly of Sao Tome and Principe.
Identity
Identity
Alda da Graça is recorded as poet, politician and writer.

Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (São Tomé e Príncipe 30 de abril de 1926 - 9 de Março de 2010), conhecida como Alda do Espírito Santo, foi uma escritora e poetisa de língua portuguesa.
Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Monumento a Alda do Espírito Santo - Parque dos Poetas - Oeiras - Portugal 🇵🇹

Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (São Tomé e Príncipe 30 de abril de 1926 - 9 de Março de 2010), conhecida como Alda do Espírito Santo, foi uma escritora e poetisa de língua portuguesa.
Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Monumento a Alda do Espírito Santo - Parque dos Poetas - Oeiras - Portugal 🇵🇹
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1926
Alda da Graça born at São Tomé and Príncipe.
2010
Alda da Graça died at Luanda.
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São Tomé and Príncipe.
Birth place
Luanda.
Death place
Literature
Scholarly footprint
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Alda do Espírito Santo, militante de l’indépendance. L'Histoire par les femmes. 2019-10-30.
- 2.Lurdes Maria Lima Viegas Pires dos Santos. A igualdade de género em São Tomé e Príncipe: Entre a realidade e a utopia. Universidade Aberta. 2015.
- 3.Mart Martin. The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics. Westview Press. 2000. 978-0-8133-6805-4.
- 4.Carmen Lucia Tindó Ribeiro. Secco. DONA ALDA E CONCEIÇÃO LIMA: UMA GEOGRAFIA DE PAIXÕES, AFETOS E MEMÓRIAS. Semioses. 2008. 1981-996X. 10.15202/441. 2020-04-04. 183–200.
- 5.Tania. Macedo. DA VOZ QUASE SILENCIADA À CONSCIÊNCIA DA SUBALTERNIDADE: A LITERATURA DE AUTORIA FEMININA EM PAÍSES AFRICANOS DE LÍNGUA OFICIAL PORTUGUESA. Revista Mulemba. 2010-06-01. 2176-381X. 10.35520/mulemba.2010.v2n2a4682. 2020-04-04.
- 6.Mensagens do Canto do ossobó. UNEAS. 2006.
- 7.« Alda Espírito Santo (1926-2010) », nécrologie dans Expresso (Portugal).
- 8.No Mesmo lado da Canoa. Présence africaine. 1966.
- 9.Versos pós-coloniais: manifestações poéticas em São Tomé e Príncipe. ITINERÁRIOS – Revista de Literatura. 2012. 0103-815x.
- 10.As presenças femininas nas poesias de Alda Lara e de Alda Espírito Santo. Terceiro Milênio. 2018.
- 11.As (in)diferenças sociais nas vozes poéticas de Alda Espírito Santo e Noémia de Sousa. Universidade de São Paulo. 2007. 10.11606/issn.1981-7169.crioula.2007.52702.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Clariane Crippa e Pires Laranjeira. Alda Espírito Santo: Negritudinista, pró-feminina e descolonizada.
- Mario de Andrade, La Poésie africaine d'expression portugaise : anthologie ; précédée de Évolution et tendances actuelles, P.J. Oswald, Paris, 1969,
- Eugène Tavares, Littératures lusophones des archipels atlantiques : Açores, Madère, Cap-Vert, São Tomé e Príncipe, L'Harmattan, Paris, Turin, Budapest, 2009, 294 p.
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