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Also Known As	Óscar Bento Ribas
Born	August 17, 1909 • Luanda • Angola
Died	June 19, 2004 (aged 94) • Lisbon • Portugal
Notable Works	“Uanga-feitiço”
Subjects Of Study	Angolan literature • oral literature • Mbundu • folklore

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta

Angolan scholar

José Luandino Vieira

Angolan author

Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho

Angolan novelist

Manuel dos Santos Lima

Angolan author

António Jacinto

Angolan poet

Miguel Torga

Portuguese poet and diarist

Zora Neale Hurston

American author

Ambrose Bierce

American author

Bernard Binlin Dadié

Ivorian author

José Saramago

Portuguese author

Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Camilo Castelo Branco

Portuguese novelist

José Maria de Eça de Queirós

Portuguese novelist

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett

Portuguese writer

José Maria Ferreira de Castro

Portuguese author

Aquilino Ribeiro

Portuguese author

Vergílio Ferreira

Portuguese author

Geraldo Bessa Victor

Angolan poet

Francisco Rodrigues Lobo

Portuguese poet

José Régio

Portuguese author and critic