Henrique Abranches
# Henrique Abranches

Henrique (or Enrique) Abranches (September 29, 1932 – August 8, 2004) was an Angolan writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon, Portugal.

## Career

In 1975, he went to Angola, where he acquired citizenship.

With Pepetela, he founded in Algiers the Angolan Studies Center, where they worked at writing a handbook of the history of Angola. After independence, he was committed to cultural intervention. He was a teacher in higher education, besides being a poet, fiction writer, essayist and playwright.

He was also the Director of the National Museum of Slavery, Angola.

## Awards

* National Literature Award (1981) for Konkhava de Féti.
* National Literature Award (1990) for O Clã de Novembrino
* Luanda trophy (1997)
