Pepetela
Sign in to saveArtur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is an Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.
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Pepetela, born Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos on 19 October 1941 in Benguela, is an Angolan writer, university teacher, and politician. He speaks Portuguese and has been educated at the University of Lisbon, the Technical University of Lisbon, and the Instituto Superior Técnico. His professional career includes employment at Agostinho Neto University.
His notable literary works include *Yaka*, *El tiempo de los flamencos*, *Contos de Morte*, *A corda*, and *Jaime Bunda, agente secreto*. He has received the Camões Prize and the Prince Claus Award for his contributions to literature.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 Oct 1941
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Yaka
- El tiempo de los flamencos
- Contos de Morte
- A corda
- Jaime Bunda, agente secreto
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Pepetela
- Writer.birth_name
- Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
- Writer.image
- Arthur Pestana (Pepetela).jpg
- Writer.birth_place
- Benguela, Portuguese Angola
- Writer.pseudonym
- Pepetela
- Writer.language
- Portuguese
- Writer.citizenship
- Angolan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Place of birth
- Benguela
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Instituto Superior Técnico
- Employer
- Agostinho Neto University
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Image
- Arthur Pestana (Pepetela).jpg
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- Commons category
- Pepetela
- date of birth
- 1941-10-19
- birth name
- Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Frontline experience, early novels, and plays
- Exit from the government, work published in the 1980s
- New literary directions and the Prémio Camões
- Satire and foreign horizons in the new millennium
- Novels
- Plays
- Awards
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is an Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.
A Portuguese Angolan, Pepetela was born in Benguela, Portuguese Angola, and fought as a member of the MPLA in the long guerrilla war for Angola's independence. Much of his writing deals with Angola's political history in the 20th century. , for example, is a novel that portrays the lives of a group of MPLA guerrillas who are involved in the anti-colonial struggle in Cabinda, Yaka follows the lives of members of a white settler family in the coastal town of Benguela, and A Geração da Utopia reveals the disillusionment of young Angolans during the post-independence period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pepetela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.