Lara, Alda, 1930-1962

LC control no.	n 87863044
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ9929.L35
Personal name heading	Lara, Alda, 1930-1962 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lara e Albuquerque, Alda Pires Barreto de, 1930-1962 Albuquerque, Alda Pires Barreto de Lara e, 1930-1962
Biography/History note	Individual was a political activist.
Associated country	Portugal
Birth date	19300130
Death date	1962
Place of birth	Benguela (Angola)
Place of death	Angola
Affiliation	Universidade de Coimbra Casa dos Estudantes do Império
Profession or occupation	Poets Essayists Physicians
Found in	Her Poemas, 1966: t.p. (Alda Lara) p. 2 of cover (Alda Pires Barreto de Lara e Albuquerque; b. 6/9/30 in Benguela, Angola; d. 1/30/62 in Cambambe; child psychiatrist, poet) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lara, Alda; Alda Ferreira Pires Bareto de Lara Albuquerque; poet, essayist, physician, political activist; born 30 January 1930 in Benguela, Angola; moved to Portugal at age seventeen; studied in the department of medicine, university in Lisbon and the University of Coimbra; wrote a thesis on child psychology titled “Psychic Deficiencies Resulting from Lack of Family Care”; had ties to the Casa dos Estudentes do Imperio (CEI), a political organization composed of university students from the Portuguese colonies in Africa; returned to Angola in 1962; her works were published in several anthologies; the secret security arm of the colonial Portuguese government, Policia Internacional de Defesa do Estado (PIDE), maintained a file on her and her husband; published many of her early works in CEI's literary magazine, “Mensagem”; the Câmara Municipal of Sa Bandeira in Angola introduced “Prêmio Alda Lara para Poesia” (Alda Lara Prize for Poetry), a literary prize awarded in her honor; died 1962 in Angola)