The Modern Novel

Biography

Filomena Embaló was born in Angola in 1956. Her parents were from Cape Verde. She moved to Guinea-Bissau in 1975, where she has lived ever since. She studied economics in France. She worked as a civil servant in Guinea-Bissau, both at home and abroad. She has written one novel, poetry and book of stories, none of which have been translated into English.

Other sites

Filomena Embaló
Filomena Embaló (in Portuguese)
Filomena Embaló (in Portuguese)
Filomena Embaló (in Portuguese)
Identidade e ruptura na obra da escritora Filomena Embaló (in Portuguese)
Interview (in Portuguese)
Cinema da Guiné-Bissau (article by Embaló – in Portuguese)