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Novoa
Novoa or Nóvoa is a Galician surname that later became widespread in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a toponymic surname referring to the former juridical district of Terra de Nóvoa, in the Ourense province, Galicia. The Spanish variation of the surname is Noboa. People with the surname include: * Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez (born 1863), Salvadoran politician, physician and surgeon * Fidel Antonio Novoa Fuentes (born 1900), Salvadoran politician, physician and surgeon * Ricardo Armando Novoa Arciniegas (born 1931), Salvadoran politician, attorney at law and notary *António Sampaio da Nóvoa (born 1954), Portuguese psychologist *Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa (1940–2015), Spanish theatre director, writer, actor and lecturer * Novoa (Spanish footballer) (born 1944), full name José Manuel Díaz Novoa, Spanish football manager and former footballer *Carmen Novoa (born 1941), artist, painter, writer and poet from Uruguay * Christian Novoa (born 1991), Venezuelan football forward * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Novoa
Carmen Ibis Novoa (born 21 August 1941) is a Uruguayan artist, painter, award-winning writer and poet. Novoa was born in El Cerro, a suburb of Montevideo and immigrated to Melbourne in 1978 where she currently resides. Novoa was the first person to organise an exhibition in Parliament House, Melbourne building. Julia Gillard who is a former Australian Prime Minister officially opened one of her art exhibitions in Melbourne. Art and literary career Novoa has been featured in Spanish national newspapers as well as in Uruguay highlighting her art Exhibitions and literary works. In 2005 One particular newspaper in Uruguay featured Novoa in 2 full inside pages in colour regarding her poetry book Evasion/Evasion and her paintings. In 2005 Novoa held an art exhibition in the Uruguayan national library; there she also launched her book ''Evasion/Evasion''. With the sponsorship of Uruguayan born Telmo Languiller, speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Novoa brought together 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
