Dina Mangabeira (20 August 1923 – 11 February 2000)[1] was a Brazilian poet and literary critic.

Dina Mangabeira
Born20 August 1923
Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died11 February 2000
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
OccupationPoet, Literary critic, Teacher

She was born in Bocaiúva on a farm called Morro Agudo, into a traditional family from northern Minas Gerais. Mangabeira, the family name, came from her grandfather, who collected mangabas of Minas Gerais and Bahia to make rubber.

Moving to Montes Claros when she was two years old, Mangabeira was a teacher from 1945 until 1948, when she married and devoted her free time to writing poetry. Mangabeira was a member of the Minas Gerais Academy of Women Writers.

She died in Belo Horizonte from complications of a cancer.

References

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  1. ^ Dina Mangabeira at AFEMIL – Academia Feminina Mineira De Letras.