{{Short description|Angolan writer and journalist}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1955 <!-- {{birth date and age|1955|12|22<ref>Castel, L. (1988). Mukanda</ref>}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Quela, Malanje Province | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = "Generation of Uncertainties" | notable_works = ''Mukanda'' }} '''Lisa Castel''' (born 22 December 1955 in Quela, Malanje Province), is an Angolan writer and journalist.

== Career == According to Luís Kandjimbo, Castel belongs to a group of contemporary female writers in Angola such as Ana Paula Tavares, Amélia da Lomba and Ana de Santana, whom he refers to as the "Generation of Uncertainties" ("Geração das Incertezas"), writers who typically display anguish and melancholy in their works, expressing disappointment with the political and social conditions in the country.<ref name="infopedia">{{cite web|url=http://www.infopedia.pt/$amelia-dalomba;jsessionid=9xzhKuxz2whLLAFyu8So1g__|title=Amélia Dalomba|publisher=Infopedia.pt|accessdate=5 October 2014|language=Portuguese}}</ref>

Castel has worked for the ''Jornal de Angola'' and the magazine ''Archote''. She is the author of the poetry collection ''Mukanda'', published in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infopedia.pt/$lisa-castel|title=Lisa Castel|publisher=Infopedia.pt|accessdate=5 October 2014|language=Portuguese}}</ref>

== Works== *''Mukanda'', Luanda, Angola : União dos Escritores Angolanos, 1988. {{OCLC|29273201}}

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