Alda Lara

Who was Alda Lara?

Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara was a Portuguese language Angolan poet.

Alda Lara attended Coimbra and Lisbon Universities. Her husband, the writer Orlando Albuquerque, set about publishing her collected works after her death.

The Alda Lara Prize 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. ...