Camilo Pessanha’s Macau Story: How the Chinese City Inspired Portuguese Symbolist Poetry
By Mr Christopher Chu and Ms Maggie Hoi Camilo Pessanha arrived in Macau in the spring of 1894, leaving behind both a legacy, as well as...
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The Braga Collection
The Braga Collection was purchased from José Maria Braga (“Jack” Braga) by the National Library of Australia, Canberra. He immigrated in...
Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas, Portuguese National Day
By Anthony Correa Why is Portuguese National Day so important to the Macanese? Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas,...
Patois
By Fredric A. “Jim” Silva, Extract from “All our Yesterday’s / Todo O Nosso Passado”, 1996. Patois If there is one thing that sets the...
Portuguese “the sweet language” and Patios
By Anthony Correa Portuguese is the 6th most spoken language in the world, the 3rd most spoken European language, and after Spanish the...
Historic Macao
By Anthony Correa C.A. (Carlos Augusto) Montalto de Jesus, 1863- 1932 Historic Macao was a pioneering work by local Macanese author C.A....
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