Luís Bernardo Honwana

Luís Bernardo Honwana was born in 1942 in Lourenço Marques and grew up in Moamba, where his father was an interpreter for the colonial administration. Having come at seventeen to study in the capital, he was encouraged there by the poets José Craveirinha and Rui Knopfli. A Frelimo militant, he spent three years in prison from 1964, then studied law in Portugal. After independence, he headed the office of President Samora Machel, was Minister of Culture and sat on the executive board of UNESCO. He has published only one book.

In the catalogue 1

• Short storiesWe Killed Mangy-Dog and Other StoriesNós matámos o Cão-TinhosoLuís Bernardo Honwana · 1964Literature