Dina Mangabeira

Who was Dina Mangabeira?

Dina Mangabeira was a Brazilian poet and literary critic.

Dina was born in a farm called "Morro Agudo", in a traditional family of northern Minas Gerais, called Mangabeira. "Mangabeira", the family name came from her grandfather, who collected mangabas of Minas Gerais and Bahia, to make rubber.

Moving to Montes Claros when she was 2 years old, was a teacher since 1945 to 1948, when she married and gave her free time to the poetry. Dina was a member of the Minas Gerais Academy of Women’s Writers

Dina died in Belo Horizonte by complications of a cancer.