Alda Lara

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Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (born 9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola; died 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola). Created a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. Attended Coimbra and Lisbon Universities. Her husband, the writer Orlando Albuquerque, set about publishing her collected works after her death.

The Alda Lara Prize (in Portuguese, Prémio Alda Lara) was established in her honour. Paulo de Carvalho, a famed portuguese singer, who has had a strong artistic career, recorded "Preludio/Mãe Negra", a beautiful poem written by Alda Lara. Some other Lara known poemas: Testamento, Presenca Africana, Anuncio, Ronda, Poemas que Escrevia na Areia, etc. ...

[edit] Books (posthumous)

  • Poemas (1966)
  • Tempo da Chuva (1973)
  • Poesia (1979)
  • Poemas (1984) (her collected poems)
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