Eduardo Costley White (
Quelimane
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, 21 November 1963 - 24 August 2014) was a
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writer.
His mother came from
Lisbon
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and his father's father was
English
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. He studied at the
Instituto Industrial for three years and in 1984, he founded the magazine ''Charrua''. He was a member of
Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos (AEMO).
Works
* ''Amar Sobre o Índico'',
Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 1984.
* ''Homoíne'', Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 1987.
* ''O País de Mim'', Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 1989. ( ''Prémio Gazeta de Artes e Letras da Revista Tempo'').
* ''Poemas da Ciência de Voar e da Engenharia de Ser Ave'', Editorial Caminho, 1992 (''Prémio Nacional de Poesia Moçambicana'' 1995).
* ''Os Materiais de Amor seguido de Desafio à Tristeza'', Maputo, Ndjira / Lisboa, Ed. Caminho, 1996.
* ''Janela para Oriente'', Ed. Caminho, 1999.
* ''Dormir Com Deus e Um Navio na Língua'', Braga, Ed. Labirinto, 2001 (''Prémio Consagração Rui de Noronha'').
* ''As Falas do Escorpião'', Maputo, Imprensa Universitária, 2002.
* ''O Manual das Mãos'', Campo das Letras, 2004.
* ''O Homem a Sombra e a Flor e Algumas Cartas do Interior'', Maputo, Imprensa Universitária, 2004.
* ''Até Amanhã, Coração'', Maputo, Vertical, 2005.
* Translations by the Poetry Translation Centre.
References
External links
Lusofonia.com.sapo.pt
1963 births
2014 deaths
Mozambican poets
Mozambican people of English descent
Mozambican people of Portuguese descent
People from Quelimane
20th-century poets
21st-century poets
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