Noémia de Sousa

Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares (1926, Catembe - 2003) was a poet from Mozambique who wrote in the Portuguese language. She is also known as Vera Micaia. She is of mixed Portuguese and Bantu descent.

She lived in Lisbon working as a translator from 1951 to 1964 and then she left for Paris where she worked for the local consulate of Morocco. She went back to Lisbon in 1975 and became member of the ANOP.

She worked with several newspapers and magazines throughout her life. Some of her most notable collaborations were with Mensagem (CEI); Mensagem (Luanda); Itinerário; Notícias do Bloqueio (Porto, 1959); O Brado Africano; Moçambique 58; Vértice (Coimbra), Sul (Brazil).

External links

• Noémia de Sousa Plural Editores, Mosambik (English)
• Poeasia Africana (Portuguese)

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Name	Sousa, Noemia de
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Date of birth	1926
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Date of death	2003
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