# Alda Lara

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**Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque**, known as **Alda Lara** (9 June 1930, [Benguela](/source/Benguela), [Angola](/source/Angola) – 30 January 1962, [Cambambe](/source/Cambambe), Angola) was a [Portuguese-language](/source/Portuguese-language) Angolan poet.[1][2]

## Early life and education

Alda Lara was born on 9 June 1930 in [Benguela](/source/Benguela), [Portuguese Angola](/source/Portuguese_Angola). She came from a wealthy family and received a Christian education, which gave her a spirit of liberalism according to one commentator. Her brother was the noted poet [Ernesto Lara Filho](/source/Ernesto_Lara_Filho). Lara attended a women's school in Sá da Bandeira (now Lubango) before moving to Portugal to finish her secondary schooling.[3] She attended [University of Lisbon](/source/University_of_Lisbon_(1911%E2%80%932013)) and resided at the [Casa dos Estudantes do Império](/source/Casa_dos_Estudantes_do_Imp%C3%A9rio) (House of the Students of the Empire). She had an active student life and began her writing career by publishing poetry in the literary journal *Mensagem*, a publication specifically for Africans. Lara later attended the [University of Coimbra](/source/University_of_Coimbra) and earned a degree in medicine.[4]

## Career

Lara wrote for several newspapers and magazines such as the *[Jornal de Benguela](/source/Jornal_de_Benguela)*, the *[Jornal de Angola](/source/Jornal_de_Angola)*, and the *ABC e Ciência*.[3] She married the Mozambican-Portuguese writer [Orlando Albuquerque](/source/Orlando_Albuquerque) and gave birth to four children. After living in Portugal for 13 years, Lara moved back to Angola in 1961.[4]

## Death and legacy

She died on 30 January 1962 in [Cambambe](/source/Cambambe).[1]

Her husband set about publishing her collected works after her death, including *Poemas* in 1966 and *Tempo de Chuva* in 1973. Lara's poems and short stories mostly deal with themes of motherhood and children as well as liberty and justice.[4] Much of her poetry reflect a dissatisfaction with the colonial status quo.[1]

The [Alda Lara Prize](/source/Alda_Lara_Prize) (in Portuguese, *Prémio Alda Lara*) was established in her honour by the city of [Lubango](/source/Lubango).[4] [Paulo de Carvalho](/source/Paulo_de_Carvalho), a famed Portuguese singer, who has had a strong artistic career, recorded "Preludio/Mãe Negra", a poem written by Alda Lara.[5] *Movimento*, the second album of [Aline Frazão](/source/Aline_Fraz%C3%A3o) released in 2013, features a poem by Lara set to music.[6]

## Books (posthumous)

- *Poemas* (1966)
- *Tempo da Chuva* (1973)
- *Poesia* (1979)
- *Poemas* (1984) (her collected poems)

## References

1. ["Alda Lara"](http://www.ovimbundu.org/categoria/escritores-ovimbundus/alda-lara) (in Portuguese). *Nação Ovimbundu.org*. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

1. [Margaret Busby](/source/Margaret_Busby) (ed.), *[Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present](/source/Daughters_of_Africa:_An_International_Anthology_of_Words_and_Writings_by_Women_of_African_Descent_from_the_Ancient_Egyptian_to_the_Present)*, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993.

1. ["Biografia de Alda Lara"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161107092727/http://www.lusofoniapoetica.com/artigos/angola/alda-lara/biografia-alda-lara.html) (in Portuguese). *Lusophonia Poetica*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lusofoniapoetica.com/artigos/angola/alda-lara/biografia-alda-lara.html) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

1. Sheldon, Kathleen (2016). *Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa*. 2nd. ed. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 155. ISBN 978-1442262935.

1. ["Paulo de Carvalho"](http://www.casadamusica.com/pt/media/604519/2012-03-25_paulo_de_carvalho_fs_af.pdf?lang=pt) (in Portuguese). *Casa da Musica*. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

1. Thaís Folgosi (20 December 2014). ["Aline Frazão: 'a música brasileira é autossuficiente'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161005210841/http://brasileiros.com.br/2014/12/aline-frazao-musica-brasileira-e-autossuficiente-2/) (in Portuguese). *Brasileiros*. Archived from [the original](http://brasileiros.com.br/2014/12/aline-frazao-musica-brasileira-e-autossuficiente-2/) on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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