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Agostinho Neto

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Agostinho Neto

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Also known as António Agostinho Neto

President of Angola (1975-1979)

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Agostinho Neto (1922–1979) was an Angolan politician, poet, physician, and writer who served as the President of Angola. Born in Ícolo e Bengo, he was a member of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. His literary works, written in Portuguese, include *O caminho das estrelas*, *Náusea*, and *Sobre a libertação nacional*.

Neto was educated at the University of Coimbra and the University of Lisbon. He received several international honors, including the Lenin Peace Prize, the Order of Lenin, the Order of Playa Girón, and the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo. He died in Moscow from pancreatic cancer and was buried in Luanda.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1922-09-17
Died
1979-09-10
Works
25

Top works

  • Zvezdnyi putʹ
  • Destruir o velho para construir o novo
  • O caminho das estrelas
  • Náusea
  • Sobre a libertação nacional

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
32
Total plays
65

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The electronic properties of graphene

    · 2009 · cited 22,714x

  2. 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures

    · 2016 · cited 6,882x

  3. UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2023

    · 2022 · cited 6,757x

  4. UniProt: the universal protein knowledgebase in 2021

    · 2020 · cited 6,036x

  5. The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    · 2018 · cited 4,775x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Antonio
Gender
male
Citizenship
Angola
Place of birth
Ícolo e Bengo
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
political prisoner
Position held
President of Angola
Educated at
University of Coimbra
Political party
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Native language
Portuguese
Religion
Catholicism
Award
Order of Amilcar Cabral
Conflict
Angolan War of Independence
Image
President MPLA, heer Neto door Den Uyl ontvangen premier Den Uyl en A Neto (r), Bestanddeelnr 927-8518 (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Agostinho Neto
date of birth
1922-09-17
date of death
1979-09-10
place of burial
Luanda
name in native language
António Agostinho Neto
birth name
António Agostinho Neto
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
writing language
Portuguese
different from
Agostinho Neto
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

António Agostinho Neto Kilamba (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence. He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002. An author of several books, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

Early life and education

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