Pepetela

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Pepetela is an acclaimed Angolan novelist and intellectual whose works, often associated with Portuguese-language African literature, explore themes of colonialism, revolution, and post-independence society.

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Pepetela canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Angolan writer
intellectual
novelist
person
activeInPeriod 20th century
21st century
awardReceived Camões Prize
National Literature Prize of Angola
countryOfBirth Angola
countryOfCitizenship Angola
dateOfBirth 1941-10-29
educatedAt University of Algiers
University of Lisbon
fieldOfWork Portuguese-language African literature
literature
genre historical fiction
novel
political fiction
hasSubject Angolan history
influencedBy Angolan anti-colonial struggle
Marxism
languageOfExpression Portuguese
literaryLanguage Portuguese
memberOf MPLA
movement African literature in Portuguese
Angolan literature
postcolonial literature
name Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
nationality Angolan
notableWork A Geração da Utopia
Lueji
Mayombe
O Cão e os Caluandas
Predadores
Yaka
occupation novelist
politician
university professor
placeOfBirth Benguela
positionHeld Deputy Minister of Education of Angola
pseudonym Pepetela
residence Luanda
writesAbout Angolan War of Independence
colonialism
corruption
post-independence Angolan society
revolution
social inequality

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Camões Prize hasWinner Pepetela
Pepetela pseudonym Pepetela