Agostinho Neto
António Agostinho Neto | |
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,_Bestanddeelnr_927-8518_(cropped).jpg) Official Portrait, 1975 | |
| 1st President of Angola | |
| In office 11 November 1975 – 10 September 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Lopo do Nascimento (1975-1978) |
| Preceded by | Position estabilished |
| Succeeded by | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| Chairman of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola | |
| In office 10 December 1956 – 10 September 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | José Eduardo dos Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1910 Ícolo e Bengo, Bengo, Overseas Province of Angola, Portugal |
| Died | 10 September 1979 (aged 68) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | MPLA |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Eugénia da Silva[1] |
António Agostinho Neto (17 September 1910 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet.[2][3] He was the first President of Angola, serving from 1975–1979 after he leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence that lasted from 1961–1974.[4]
He died of inoperable cancer on 10 September 1979 in a hospital in Moscow, Russia, aged 68.[5]
Career as a writer
[change | change source]His works of poetry were written mostly between 1946 and 1960.. He published three books of poetry during his lifetime..[6] Poems included collections like Sacred Hope, which was published in 1974. He was the first member voted into the Anglo Writers Union and The Center for African Studies in Lisbon. He was given the Lotus Prize by the Conference of Afro-Asian Writers.[7]
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ James, W. Martin (2004). Historical Dictionary of Angola. pp. 110.
- ↑ "Angola: Is this the country Agostinho Neto dreamt of? - Pambazuka News". Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of World Biography: Michael-Orleans. Gale Research. 1998. ISBN 978-0-7876-2551-1.
- ↑ Anatoliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Khazanov (1986). Agostinho Neto. Progress Publishers.
- ↑ Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series. Blackwell. 1979.
- ↑ Abdala, Benjamin, Jr. "Agostinho Neto." In African Lusophone Writers. Detroit: Gale, 2012, pp. 120–125. (Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 367).
- ↑ "Agostinho Neto". Poetry Foundation. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
Other websites
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Media related to Agostinho Neto at Wikimedia Commons
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Position created |
President of Angola 1975–1979 |
Succeeded by José Eduardo dos Santos |