Manuel Rui, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Manuel Rui

Angolan writer and translator

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1941

Place of Birth: Huambo, Huambo Province, Angola

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, politician

Nationality: Angola

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro (born 4 November 1941) is an Angolan writer of poetry, novels, theater plays, and short stories.
He has been described as "the chronicler par excellence of postindependence Angola" through fiction that offers "subtle, complex, pointed, and oftentimes humorous portrayals of Angola since the early years of the MPLA euphoria, in which he played a political role."