António Pinto de Abreu

António Pinto de Abreu was born in Chimoio in 1956, but he lived most of his childhood and completed his primary education in the Manga neighborhood of Beira. From his family, his parents and one of his sisters wrote and published poems in Beira in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, respectively.

Between 1975 and 1977, he was part of the Grupo Cultural Provincial Polivalente de Sofala, where he dedicated himself to traditional Mozambican dance and the art of recitation, thus beginning his involvement in theater and ballet.

In late 1977, Pinto de Abreu left for Cuba, where he completed his secondary studies on the Isle of Youth until 1982. On Isla de Pinos, he founded and directed the poetry and theater groups Lume Florindo na Florja and Flores de Abril.

Upon returning to Mozambique, he settled in Maputo where he recreated Lume Florindo na Forja. Later, he joined the Grupo de Teatro Motivo, founded by the late poet and cherished professor José Pastor, where he became an actor, stage assistant, and assistant director, participating in the plays «O Cidadão Resgatado» and «O Milho Tem de Crescer», performed in the late 1980s at the Avenida and Matchedje theaters.

Pinto de Abreu began publishing poetry and prose in a scattered manner in the magazine Tempo (April/1982), Diário de Moçambique (December/1982), and the newspaper Domingo (March/1984), also having works in other literary publications, in addition to the Antologia da Nova Poesia Moçambicana and Gazeta 200.

He witnessed the birth of the Associação de Escritores Moçambicanso (1982) and the magazines Charrua (1984) and ECO (1986).

He graduated in Economics (1985-1989) from Eduardo Mondlane University and obtained a Master's degree with distinction in Financial Economics from the University of London (SOAS) in 1998.