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Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda (September 20, 1928 – August 27, 2007) was a Portuguese poet and BBC Radio Presenter.

Alberto de Lacerda
Born	Alberto Correia de Lacerda (1928-09-20)September 20, 1928 Mozambique
Died	August 27, 2007(2007-08-27) (aged 78) London, England
Nationality	Portuguese

Biography

Alberto de Lacerda was born in Mozambique in 1928. In 1946, Lacerda moved to Lisbon. In 1951, he began work at the BBC as a radio presenter and settled in London. He travelled in Brazil between 1959 and 1960 at the invitation of the Brazilian Modernist Manuel Bandeira. He returned to London and worked as a freelance journalist and broadcaster. He taught European and Comparative literature at the Universities of Austin, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts from where he retired in 1996 as a Professor Emeritus of Poetics. He published in Portugal, Britain and the US and contributed to many literary publications in various countries.[1]

Lacerda died on the 27th of August 2007 in London aged 78.[2] His body was found by the English art critic John McEwen, with whom he had a lunch planned.

Published Poetry

• 1951 - Poemas
• 1955 - 77 Poems
• 1961 - Palácio
• 1963 - Exílio
• 1969 - Selected Poems
• 1981 - Tauromagia
• 1984 - Oferenda I
• 1987 - Elegias de Londres
• 1988 - Meio-Dia (Prémio Pen Club)
• 1991 - Sonetos
• 1994 - Oferenda II
• 1997 - Àtrio
• 2001 - Horizonte

References

http://www.fmsoares.pt/aeb/dossiers/n_dossier14/fotos.php%5B%5D

http://www.albertodelacerda.com

External links

• Obituary in The Times, 27 September 2007

На других языках

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[de] Alberto de Lacerda

Alberto de Lacerda, eigentlich Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda (* 20. September 1928 in Lourenço Marques, heute Maputo, Mosambik; † 27. August 2007 in London) war ein portugiesischer Dichter, Hochschullehrer, Kunstsammler, Kunstkritiker, Exzentriker.

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- [en] Alberto de Lacerda

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[fr] Alberto de Lacerda

Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda (20 septembre 1928 à l'Île de Mozambique — 27 août 2007[1] à Londres) était un poète portugais et présentateur radio à la BBC.

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