Jose Eduardo Agualuza ( port. José Eduardo Agualusa , b. December 13, 1960 , Huambo ) is a modern Angolan writer and journalist.
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Life and creativity
Born in the city of Huambo, in Angola. For a long time the writer lived in Lisbon , then in Rio de Janeiro . To date, he has written 10 novels, several collections of short stories, published a collection of poems. The presentation of the tenth novel "The General Theory of Oblivion" (Teoria Geral do Esquecimento) was held in May 2012. Cooperates as an independent journalist in various newspapers and on the radio. Writes in Portuguese . By origin, Agualuza is from Angolan Creoles , descendants of Portuguese settlers settled in the country. As the writer himself said, the Portuguese language is no longer the language of the master colonizers, but also “the African language, which adopted the concepts, expressions, rhythms and feelings of the people of Angola ”.
The first novel by Agualuza was released in 1989 under the name Conspiracy (A Conjura). This historical and artistic work reflects life in Luanda in 1880–1911 , as well as the mutual influence of European and African cultures. In the novel Ghost Fair (A Feira dos Assombrados) ( 1992 ), the author explores the roots of Angolan nationalism . In the 1996 rainy season (Estação das Chuvas) Agualuza, using autobiographical plotting lines, describes modern Angolan society that has passed through decades of war for independence and then civil war . In all his prose works, the author uses both real and historical facts as well as fictional events. Apparently, the writer did not escape the influence of Latin American magical realism.
In 2006, Agualuza founded the Lingua Geral Publishing House, which publishes works by Portuguese-speaking authors.
Selected novels (other than the above)
- Stone under water (1992)
- African Lisbon (compilation, with Fernando Semedo and photographer Elsa Roja (1993))
- Laughing Gecko (2004)
- The seller of the past (2004, Independent Prize for translated prose , 2007 ; Russian translation 2013 )
- My father's women (2007)
Notes
- On Akyeampong E. K. , Gates H. L. Dictionary on African Biography, افریقی سوانحی لغت - New York City : OUP , 2012. - ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121683672 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ http://www.agualusa.pt/index.php?alt_lang=1
- ↑ http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2001/jose-eduardo-agualusa