This is a list of Angolan writers, ordered alphabetically by surname. * Henrique Abranches (1932–2004), poet *

Antero Abreu Antero Alberto Ervedosa de Abreu better known as Antero Abreu (February 22, 1927 – March 15, 2017) was an Angolan lawyer, attorney general, ambassador, author and poet. Early life and education Antero de Abreu was born in Luanda, Angola ...

(1927–2017), poet * José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960), Portuguese journalist and fiction writer *

Fernando Costa Andrade Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

(1936–2009), poet *

Mário Pinto de Andrade Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (21 August 1928 – 26 August 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician. Biography He was born in Golungo Alto, in Portuguese Angola, and studied philosophy at the University of Lisbon and sociology at the Sor ...

(1928–1990), poet and politician *

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(1934–1989), poet *

Gabriela Antunes Gabriela Antunes (8 July 1937 - 3 April 2004) was an Angolan writer and educator. Biography Antunes was born on 8 July 1937 in Huambo. After completing secondary school in Huambo, she moved to Lisbon in 1955. She obtained a bachelor's degree in ...

(1937–2004), folklore *

Arlindo Barbeitos Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos (24 December 1940 - 31 March 2021) was an Angolan poet. Barbeitos was born in Catete, Bengo province, Angola. He studied from 1965 to 1969 in West Germany, then returned to Angola to teach at bases of the P ...

(born 1940), poet *

Geraldo Bessa Victor Geraldo may refer to: * Geraldo (bandleader) (1904–1974), English bandleader * ''Geraldo'' (talk show), a daytime television tabloid talk show ** Geraldo Rivera, American television personality and host of ''Geraldo'' * Geraldo Rocha Perei ...

(1917–1985), poet *

Dulce Braga Dulce Braga (born 16 April 1958) is an Angolan author, author of the biographical novel ''Sabor de Maboque'', published in 2009. In the novel, Braga recounts her experiences in 1975, at the beginning of the Angolan Civil War. At the age of 16, s ...

(born 1958), autobiographer *

António Cardoso Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular ...

(1933–2006), short story writer *

Mendes de Carvalho Mendes ( grc-gre, Μένδης, ''Genitive case, gen''.: ), the Greek language, Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in ancient Egypt as Per (hieroglyph), Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet ...

, writing as ''Uanhenga Xitu'', politician and Africanist writer in Portuguese and Kimbundu *

Lisa Castel Lisa Castel (born 22 December 1955 in Quela, Malanje Province Malanje is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. It has an area of 97,602 km² and a 2014 census population of 986,363. Malanje is the provincial capital. Geography The ...

(born 1955), writer and journalist *

Alberto Graves Chakussanga Alberto Graves Chakussanga (c. 1978 – 5 September 2010), was an Angolan journalist. Chakussanga worked as a weekly current affairs program radio host for the Radio Despertar in the Viana district outside of Luanda when he was murdered in hi ...

(1978–2010), murdered Angolan radio journalist *

Maria João Chipalavela Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

* Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (1900–1960), poet * Viriato da Cruz (1928–1973), poet *

Alexandre Dáskalos Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio ...

(born 1924), poet *

Maria Alexandre Dáskalos Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(born 1957) *

Raul David Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may r ...

(1918–2005?) * Kalaf Epalanga (born 1978) * Lopito Feijóo (born 1963), poet * Isabel Ferreira (born 1958) * Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977), poet * Domingos Florentino (born 1953) * Henrique Guerra (born 1937), short story writer * Duque Kate Hama (born 1963) * António Jacinto (1924–1991), poet and political activist * Sousa Jamba (born 1966), Anglophone journalist and novelist * Kandjila (born 1973) *

Luis Kandjimbo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

(born 1960), essayist and critic *

Dia Kassembe DIA or Dia may refer to: Government establishments * Defense Intelligence Agency, United States foreign military intelligence agency * Defence Intelligence Agency (India) Indian foreign military intelligence agency * Department of Internal A ...

(born 1946), Francophone writer and novelist * Alda Lara (1930–1962), poet *

Manuel de Santos Lima Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball playe ...

(born 1935) *

Amélia da Lomba Maria Amélia Gomes Barros da Lomba do Amaral, known as Amélia Da Lomba or Amélia Dalomba (born 23 November 1961 in Cabinda) is an Angolan writer and journalist. She also served as Secretary of the Missão Internacionalista Angolana. Da Lomb ...

(born 1961), writer and journalist *

Reis Luís Reis may refer to : *Reis (surname), a Portuguese and German surname * Reis (military rank), an Ottoman military rank and obscure Lebanese/Syrian noble title Currency * Portuguese Indian rupia (subdivided into ''réis''), the currency of Portugu ...

, or "Mbwanga" (born 1968), Portuguese-language novelist *

João Maimona João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * ...

(born 1955), poet and essayist * Rafael Marques (born 1971), journalist *

André Massaki André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a vari ...

(1923–1996), politician and writer * Joaqim Dias Cordeiro da Matta (1857–1894), folklorist * Cikakata Mbalundu (

Aníbal Simões Aníbal is the Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name equivalent of Hannibal (q.v.), itself a latinization of the Greek name Hanníbas (Ἀννίβας), derived from “ḥnbʿl” in the Carthaginian language (Carthaginian Punic script, � ...

) (born 1955) * Manuel Rui Monteiro (born 1941), poet *

Agostinho Neto António Agostinho da Silva Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ...

(1922–1979), poet *

Frederico Ningi Frederico is a given name. It is a form of Frederick, most commonly found in Portuguese. Literature * Frederico Barbosa, Brazilian poet * Frederico Ghisliero, Italian fencer and soldier who wrote his text Regole di molte cavagliereschi essercit ...

(born 1959), poet, journalist *

Ondjaki Ndalu de Almeida (born July 5,1977) is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts. Career Ondjaki studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, a ...

(born 1977), poet, novelist and dramatist *

Ernesto Cochat Osório Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely b ...

(1917–2002), doctor and poet *

Pepetela Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major 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 ...

, pen-name of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941), writer of fiction *

José de Fontes Pereira José de Fontes Pereira (born 1838 in Luanda - died May 1891) was a radical Angolan lawyer-journalist and writer. Career Considered an early Angolan nationalist and assimilado, Pereira took advantage of a relatively free press in Angola from 18 ...

(1838–1891), early Angolan journalist *

Wanda Ramos Wanda Ramos (1948–1998) was a Portuguese author and poet. Ramos was born in Dundo, Angola and moved to Portugal around 1958. In addition to her novels and collections of poems, Ramos also worked as a translator, translating works by Jorge Lu ...

(1948–1998) * Inácio Rebelo de Andrade (born 1935) * Oscar Ribas (1909–2004), novelist *

Alcides Sakala Simões Alcides Sakala Simões (born 23 December 1953) is an Angolan politician for UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola The National Assembly ( pt, Assembleia Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Angola. Angola is ...

(born 1953) *

Ana de Santana Ana Paula de Jesus Faria Santana, known as Ana de Santana or Ana Koluki (born 20 October 1960), is an Angolan writer. Biography Santana was born in Gabela, Kwanza Sul province, but grew up in Luanda, Angola. She is a graduate of Economics for Busi ...

(born 1960) *

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Arnaldo Santos Naldo (born Arnaldo Santos) is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and rock producer, singer and guitarist. He was born in Comerío, Puerto Rico. Arrival at reggaeton Naldo entered the world of reggaeton when the owners of Mas Flow Inc. Luny Tunes invi ...

(born 1936), poet *

Maria Perpétua Candeias da Silva Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

, teacher and short story writer * Paula Tavares (born 1952), poet *

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( Cornélio Caley) * José Luandino Vieira (born 1935), short-story writer and novelist * Uanhenga Xitu (1924–2014), writer and nationalist *

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