Lisa Castel
{{Short description|Angolan writer and journalist}}
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| birth_date = 1955
| birth_place = Quela, Malanje Province
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Lisa Castel (born 22 December 1955 in Quela, Malanje Province), is an Angolan writer and journalist.
Career
According to Luís Kandjimbo, Castel belongs to a group of contemporary female writers in Angola such as Ana Paula Tavares, Amélia da Lomba and Ana de Santana, whom he refers to as the "Generation of Uncertainties" ("Geração das Incertezas"), writers who typically display anguish and melancholy in their works, expressing disappointment with the political and social conditions in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.infopedia.pt/$amelia-dalomba;jsessionid=9xzhKuxz2whLLAFyu8So1g__|title=Amélia Dalomba|publisher=Infopedia.pt|accessdate=5 October 2014|language=Portuguese}}
Castel has worked for the Jornal de Angola and the magazine Archote. She is the author of the poetry collection Mukanda, published in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.infopedia.pt/$lisa-castel|title=Lisa Castel|publisher=Infopedia.pt|accessdate=5 October 2014|language=Portuguese}}
Works
- Mukanda, Luanda, Angola : União dos Escritores Angolanos, 1988. {{OCLC|29273201}}
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Category:People from Malanje Province
Category:20th-century Angolan poets
Category:Angolan women journalists
Category:20th-century women writers
Category:20th-century journalists
Category:20th-century Angolan women
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