Sebastião Alba
Article Sebastião Alba (11 March 1940 – 14 October 2000) was a Portuguese poet, born in Braga who lived a long period of his life in former Portuguese colony Mozambique. He became a journalist in Mozambique and published three books of poetry before his decline caused by alcoholism. The last two decades of his life, he became a homeless alcoholic wandering and living in the streets of Braga.
Sebastião Alba
- Born
- 1940 · Braga.
- Died
- 2000 · Braga.
- Nationality
- Mozambique
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Article Sebastião Alba (11 March 1940 – 14 October 2000) was a Portuguese poet, born in Braga who lived a long period of his life in former Portuguese colony Mozambique. He became a journalist in Mozambique and published three books of poetry before his decline caused by alcoholism. The last two decades of his life, he became a homeless alcoholic wandering and living in the streets of Braga.
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During this period he wrote poems and texts on scrap papers, napkins and often giving them to friends and family. These writings were posthumously compiled in a book called "Albas" edited in 2003. He died in 2000 as he was hit by a motorist.
• Poesias, 1965 • O ritmo do presságio, 1974 • A noite dividida, 1982 • Albas, 2003
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