Luís Carlos Patraquim
Luís Carlos Patraquim (born on 26 March 1953 in Maputo) is a Mozambican poet, playwright and journalist. He moved to Sweden as a refugee in 1973. In 1975, he moved back to Mozambique, where he worked for A Tribuna magazine, the Agência de Informação de Moçambique (AIM), the Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique (INC) and Tempo magazine.
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Luís Carlos Patraquim
- Name
- Luís Carlos Patraquim
- Born
- 26 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Maputo
- Occupation
- Journalist, Writer, Poet, Screenwriter, Director
- Nationality
- Mozambique
- Fields
- poetry · drama · journalism
- Known for
- O Tempo dos Leopardos · Kuxa Kanema
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Luís Carlos Patraquim (born on 26 March 1953 in Maputo) is a Mozambican poet, playwright and journalist. He moved to Sweden as a refugee in 1973. In 1975, he moved back to Mozambique, where he worked for A Tribuna magazine, the Agência de Informação de Moçambique (AIM), the Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique (INC) and Tempo magazine.
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Luís Carlos Patraquim (born 1953) is a director, journalist and playwright, among other activities and a national of Mozambique. The director was born in Maputo.
Luís Carlos Patraquim worked for Instituto Nacional de Cinema and worked in Lisbon. The director is active in drama, journalism and poetry.
Works include Kuxa Kanema and O Tempo dos Leopardos. Languages used include Portuguese.
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Biography
Patraquim lives in Portugal since 1986.
The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is poetry, drama and journalism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Lisbon. Employment is recorded with Instituto Nacional de Cinema. Works named in the authority record are O Tempo dos Leopardos and Kuxa Kanema.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Luís Carlos Patraquim • Born — 26 March 1953 • Birthplace — Maputo • Citizenship — Mozambique • Occupation — Journalist, Writer, Poet, Screenwriter, Director
Works
Works
• Monção. Lisboa e Maputo. Edições 70 e Instituto Nacional do Livro e do Disco, 1980. • A inadiável viagem. Maputo, Association of Mozambican Writers, 1985. • Vinte e tal novas formulações e uma elegia carnívora. Lisboa, ALAC, 1992. Prefácio de Ana Mafalda Leite. • Mariscando luas. Lisboa, Vega, 1992. Com Chichorro (ilustrações) e Ana Mafalda Leite. • Lidemburgo blues. Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 1997. • O osso côncavo e outros poemas (1980–2004). Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 2005. Antologia de poemas dos livros anteriores e poemas novos. Com um texto de Ana Mafalda Leite: O que sou de sobrepostas vozes. • Pneuma Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 2009. • A Canção de Zefanías Sforza (romance). Porto, Porto Editora, 2010. • Antologia Poética. Belo Horizonte, Editora UFMG, 2011. Coleção Poetas de Moçambique. Antologia de poemas dos livros anteriores e poemas novos. Com posfácio de Cíntia Machado de Campos Almeida: Incursões de um poeta 'nas veias em fúria da memória
Theatre
Theatre
• Karingana • Vim-te buscar • D'abalada • Tremores íntimos anónimos (with António Cabrita)
Awards
• Prémio Nacional de Poesia de Moçambique (1995)
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