# Orlando da Costa

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Portuguese writer (1929–2006)

For the footballer, see [Orlando da Costa (footballer)](/source/Orlando_da_Costa_(footballer)).

Orlando da Costa Born Orlando António Fernandes da Costa July 1929 Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique Died 27 January 2006(2006-01-27) (aged 76–77) Occupation Writer Spouse Maria Antónia Palla (divorced) Children Antonio Costa (son) Relatives Sérgio Vieira (cousin)

**Orlando António Fernandes da Costa** (July 1929 − 27 January 2006) was a Portuguese writer of [Goan](/source/Goans) paternal and Portuguese-French[1] maternal descent whose writings express his experiences of life in [Goa](/source/Goa).[2] According to Everton Machado, his book *O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda* is a good introduction to know Indo-Portuguese literature.[3] He was the father of the current [President of the European Council](/source/President_of_the_European_Council) and the former Portuguese Prime Minister [Antonio Costa](/source/Antonio_Costa), by his first wife [Maria Antónia Palla](/source/Maria_Ant%C3%B3nia_Palla).[4] Costa was maternal cousin to [Sérgio Vieira](/source/S%C3%A9rgio_Vieira_(politician)), a politician in Mozambique.[5]

## Biography

After being raised in [Margão](/source/Marg%C3%A3o), [Portuguese Goa](/source/Portuguese_Goa), Costa spent in the 1950s, most of his time in [Casa dos Estudantes do Império](/source/Casa_dos_Estudantes_do_Imp%C3%A9rio), an institution mainly built to house students from the [Portuguese colonies](/source/Portuguese_colonies) that were studying in the [metropole](/source/Metropole). There, he came in contact with many of the future leaders of the nationalist movements of the colonies, such as the [MPLA](/source/MPLA), the [FRELIMO](/source/FRELIMO) and the [PAIGC](/source/African_Party_for_the_Independence_of_Guinea_and_Cape_Verde). Between 1950 and 1953, he was arrested three times by the [Salazar](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar) government.[6][7] A few days before he died, on January 5, 2006, he received from [Jorge Sampaio](/source/Jorge_Sampaio)'s hands the degree of Commander of the Order of Liberty.[8]

## Bibliography

- 1951 − *A Estrada e a Voz*[9]

- 1953 − *Os Olhos sem Fronteira*[10]

- 1955 − *Sete Odes do Canto Comum*

- 1961 − *O Signo da Ira*

- 1964 − *Podem Chamar-me Eurídice*

- 1971 − *Sem Flores nem Coroas*

- 1979 − *Canto Civil*

- 1984 − *A Como Estão os Cravos Hoje?*

- 1994 − *Os Netos de Norton*

- 2000 − *O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda*[11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Portugal PM likely to release a book in Goa: Written by born in Mozambique father, Orlando Costa"](https://clubofmozambique.com/news/portugal-pm-likely-release-book-goa-written-born-mozambique-father-orlando-costa/). *Mozambique*. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jarnagin, Laura (2011). [*Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011: The making of the Luso-Asian world, intricacies of engagement*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-kloBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Orlando+da+Costa%22+goa&pg=PA229). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 229–237. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789814345255](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789814345255).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jarnagin, Laura (1 August 2003). ["Indo-Portuguese Literature and the Goa of Its Writers"](https://books.google.com/books?id=rhxqDwAAQBAJ&dq=O+%C3%9Altimo+Olhar+de+Man%C3%BA+Miranda&pg=PT173). *Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011*. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789814517652](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789814517652).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Then Came A Gandhi](http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Then-Came-A-Gandhi/289192) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141112232922/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Then-Came-A-Gandhi/289192#) 2014-11-12 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), outlookindia.com, retrieved 10 September 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Group_2007_5-0)** Group, Global Media (25 May 2007). ["Das castas altas da Índia"](https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2007/das-castas-altas-da-india-658273.html). *DN* (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2022. {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: |last= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Ben Antao, 'Goan Literature in English', *Muse India*, 64 (November–December 2015), ["Welcome to Muse India"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010241/http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4273). Archived from [the original](http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4273) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015..

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Borges, Charles J.; Feldmann, Helmut (1997). ["Goa in the novel o signo da era by Orlando da Costa"](https://books.google.com/books?id=fWlMV5lVSpYC&dq=%22Orlando+da+Costa%22+goa&pg=PA5). *Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links*. Concept Publishing Company. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788170226598](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170226598).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas"](https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153). *www.ordens.presidencia.pt*. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Costa, Orlando da (1951). [*A estrada e a voz: poemas*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-n0VAQAAMAAJ&q=A+Estrada+e+a+Voz) (in Portuguese). Centro bibliográfico.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Costa, Orlando da (1953). [*Os olhos sem fronteiras, poemas*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kLYlnQAACAAJ). Centro Bibliográfico.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Costa, Orlando da (2000). [*O último olhar de Manú Miranda*](https://books.google.com/books?id=oMEfAQAAIAAJ&q=O+%C3%9Altimo+Olhar+de+Man%C3%BA+Miranda) (in Portuguese). Ancora Editora. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789727800520](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789727800520).

## External links

- [Review of "O Signo da Ira" by Leopoldo da Rocha](https://archiveofgoanwritinginportuguese.blogspot.com/2012/02/leopoldo-da-rocha-o-signo-da-ira-de.html) (in Portuguese)

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