Olinda Beja
Olinda Beja (born December 8, 1946) is a São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator. She later emigrated to Viseu in Portugal and later became a Portuguese citizen.
Olinda Beja
- Name
- Olinda Beja
- Birth Name
- Maria Olinda Beja Martins Assunção
- Born
- 8 December 1948
- Birthplace
- Guadalupe, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Occupation
- poet, writer, narrator
- Full name
- Maria Olinda Beja Martins Assunção.
- Nationality
- Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe.
- Honours
- Lusophony Awards.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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• Name — Olinda Beja • Birth Name — Maria Olinda Beja Martins Assunção • Born — 8 December 1948 • Birthplace — Guadalupe, São Tomé and Príncipe • Occupation — poet, writer, narrator
Biography
Biography
Beja was born in Guadalupe on São Tomé Island in 1946 to Portuguese José de Beja Martins and native Santomean Maria da Trindade Filipe. Beja lived in São Tomé and Príncipe for about 12 years, and later lived in the Beira Alta, Portugal. She got a degree in Modern Languages, French and Portuguese at the University of Porto, and was a teacher at the Secondary School from 1976. She currently teaches Portuguese language and culture in Switzerland, and is a cultural advisor to the ambassador of São Tomé and Príncipe. Beja won the Francisco José Tenreiro Literary Award in 2013 on her work A Sombra do Ocá. In 2015, she wrote a book titled Um Grão de Café (Coffee Bean) with the National Literary Plan of Portugal.
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Olinda Beja appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a “Linguistin” and writer (born 1946). Olinda Beja was born in 1946 in São Tomé und Príncipe.
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• Bô Tendê? – poems– 1992 – 2nd ed. – C.M Aveiro; • Leve, Leve - poems - 1993- 2nd ed. C.M.Aveiro; • 15 Dias de Regresso – novel – 1994 – 3rd ed. – Pé-de-Pag.Editores; • No País do Tchiloli (Country of Tchiloli) – poems – 1996 – C.M.Aveiro; • A Pedra de Villa Nova (The Stone of Vila Nova) – novel – 1999 – Palimage Editores; • Pingos de Chuva (Raindrops) – short story – 2000 – Palimage Editores; • Quebra-Mar (Breakwater) – poems – 2001 – Palimage Editores; • Água Crioula (Creole Water) – poems – 2002 – Pé –de-Página Editores; • A Ilha de Izunari (Island of Izunari) – short stories – 2003 – S.T.P. – Instituto Camões; • Pé-de-Perfume – short story (Bolsa de Criação Liter.) – 2004 – 2ª Ed; • Aromas de Cajamanga (Flavors from Cajamanga) – poems – Editora Escrituras – S. Paulo, Brazil – 2009; • O Cruzeiro do Sul (The Southern Cross) – poems – Bilingual edition: Portuguese and Spanish – EditEl Taller del Poeta (Pontevedra) – 2011. • Um grão de café: (uma simples homenagem ao menino chinês do pote vazio) (Coffee Bean) - 2013. • À Sombra do Oká - poems- 2015 - Edições Esgotadas • Tomé Bombom - children's story/youth - juvenil - 2016 - Edições Esgotadas • Chá do Príncipe - short stories- 2017 - Rosa de Porcelana Editora
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