Ruy Duarte de Carvalho

Biography

Ruy Duarte de Carvalho was born in 1941 in Santarém, Portugal, and grew up in Namibia, south of Angola. His writings captured the experiences of the Kuvale people of southern Angola, including their nomadic, pastoral way of life and traditions. A poet, film director, and anthropologist, he was actively involved in Angola’s freedom fight. He received his diploma and doctorate from the School of High Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, in 1982 and 1986, respectively. Considered one of Angola’s most prestigious poets, he devoted himself to the study of photography and traditional oral poetry. He taught at Luanda, Coimbra, São Paulo, Paris, and Berkeley until he moved to Swakopmund, Namibia, where he died in 2010.

Birth Date

1941-01-01

Place of Birth

Death Date

2010-01-01

Angolan

Country of Nationality

Angola

Languages Spoken

Portuguese

School of High Studies in Social Science

Poetry Collections

Chão de oferta (Luanda: Editorial Culturang, 1972)
A decisão da idade (Lisboa : Sá da Costa, 1976)
Exercícios de crueldade (Lisboa : Engrenagem, 1978)
Sinais misteriosos... já se vê... (Lisboa : Ediðcäoes, 1979)
Ondula, savana branca (Lisboa : Sá da Costa, 1982)
Lavra paralela, (Luanda, Angola : União dos Escritores Angolanos, 1987)
Hábito da terra (Porto, Portugal : Edições ASA para a União dos Escritores Angolanos, 1988)
Memória de tanta guerra (Lisboa : Vega, 1992)
Ordem de esquecimento (Lisboa : Quetzal Editores, 1997)
Lavra reiterada (Luanda, Angola : Editorial Nzila, 2000)
Observação directa (Lisboa : Cotovia, 2000)
Lavra: poesia reunida 1970–2000, (Lisboa : Cotovia)

Sources

"Ruy Duarte de Carvalho." Buala, www.buala.org/en/autor/ruy-duarte-de-carvalho. Accessed 21 April 2022.
 
Willemsen, August. "Ruy Duarte de Carvalho." Poetry International, www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-9403_Duarte-de-Carvalho. Accessed 21 April 2022.
 
"Ruy Duarte de Carvalho." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 April 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Duarte_de_Carvalho. Accessed 21 April 2022.
 
"Ruy Duarte de Carvalho – Angola – Poesia Africana Lusofona." Antônio Miranda, www.antoniomiranda.com.br/poesia_africana/angola/ruy_duarte_de_carvalho.html. Accessed 21 April 2022.