José dos Santos Ferreira
José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé (28 July 1919, in Portuguese Macau – 24 March 1993, in Hong Kong), was a Macanese poet. He was a son of Portuguese father and a Cantonese mother. He was the last poet of distinction to write in Macanese (Patuá), the Portuguese-Cantonese creole.
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José dos Santos Ferreira
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- Born
- 1919. · Portuguese Macau.
- Died
- 1993. · Hong Kong.
- Nationality
- Portugal.
- Occupation
- poet.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Prince Henry.
- Languages
- Macanese.
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José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé (28 July 1919, in Portuguese Macau – 24 March 1993, in Hong Kong), was a Macanese poet. He was a son of Portuguese father and a Cantonese mother. He was the last poet of distinction to write in Macanese (Patuá), the Portuguese-Cantonese creole.
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Adé lived all his life in Macau and left behind a great body of work consisting of 18 books of poetry, prose, plays, operettas, and radio shows in Patua. Adé wrote, directed, and acted in his own productions.
• Escandinávia, Região de Encantos Mil (1960). • Macau sa Assi (in patois) (1968). • Qui-nova chencho. Macau: Tipografia da Missão do Padroado (1974). • Papiá cristá di Macau: Epitome de gramática comparada e vocabulário: dialecto macaense. Macau: [s.n.] (1978). • Bilhar e Caridade (poetry) (1982) • Macau di tempo antigo: Poesia e prosa: dialecto macaense. Macau: author's edition (1985). • Poéma di Macau (poetry, em patois)(1983) • 'Nhum Vêlo' (in patois) (1986) • Poéma na língu maquista (Poesia em papel-de-arroz). Macau: Livros do Oriente (1992).
José Inocêncio dos Santos Ferreira CvIH (Macau, 28 de Julho de 1919 - Hong Kong, 24 de Março de 1993)
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- 1.José Inocêncio dos Santos Ferreira no macanesefamilies.com
- 2.Patuá - José dos Santos Ferreira "Adé" (1), no Projecto Memória Macaense
- 3.Macau Antigo: José dos Santos Ferreira, Adé
- 4.Macaenses no New York Times (8-2-2011)
- 5.Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas.
- 6.José de Santos Ferreira. Obras Completas. 3.
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