Biographies

Here we list books and articles about the lives and works of Macanese and of others closely associated with Macau.

José Luís de Selavisa Alves – Obituary in The Hongkong Telegraph.  The life of an eminent Portuguese

Marciano António Baptista – by Joe Baptista.  Article on Macau’s famous painter

Gloria Barretto‘s Hong Kong stories by Jason Wordie who gave a glimpse of the city history

António Joaquim Bastos by Padre Manuel Teixeira. Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese.)

Henrique Botelho – by Jason Wordie.  Obituary of a prominent Macanese, South China Morning Post

José Maria Braga – O Homem e Sua Obra Instituto Cultural de Macau, Arquivo Historico Bibliotéca Central 1993 (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)  (The Man and his Works. In Portuguese; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)

George Chinnery

George Chinneryby Patrick Conner.1744-1852, artist of India and the China coast.  Antique Collectors’ Club, 1993 – The authoritative study of Chinnery

 Chinnery: the man and the legend by Robin Hutcheon.  Hong Kong, 1975. – Written by the distinguished editor of the South China Morning Post, this is a more readable and straightforward book than Conner’s major study. (There are five copies in Australian libraries.)

George Chinnery by Manuel Teixeira.   Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1944 – The noted painter who did much of his work in Macau. In Portuguese.

Oscar Collaço, Short  Autobiography

Ray Cordeiro  Biography – Interview by South China Morning Post

Frank Correa,  Frank’s Story – Short Autobiography

Eduardo Liberato Gosano, Hong Kong Farewell.   Autobiography.  Greg England, (Publ.) Special Limited Edition 1977 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong) Read Extract    Cópia

Zinho Gosano

From Prison Camp to Priesthood by Penelope Forster. Seaview Press – A biography (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong) Leia em Português

The Life and Times of Father José “Zinho” Gosano – Memoirs of a sportsman, soldier, prisoner-of-war and priest

Return of a great survivor, A veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong Kong    South China Morning Post Sep 7 1995

Saturnino António and Secundino António de Noronha  – The Noronha Twins by Alberto Maria da Cruz Guterres

Roger Lobo

Covert War Mission – An article by Jason Wordie in the South China Morning Post on Sir Roger Lobo‘s role in forestalling a Chinese takeover of Hong Kong.

Shrinking community still has big role to play in HK. (Article on his public service and private career.

Carlos Borromeu Lubeck, Autobiography

Macaenses Ilustres Galeria de Macaenses Ilustres do século XIX, by Padre Manuel Teixeira.  Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 – Gallery of Illustrious Macanese of the 19th Century. (In Portuguese)

António Alexandrino Melo, Barão de Cercal by Padre Manuel Teixeira, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese)

Vicente Nicolau Mesquita,

Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita by Pe. Manuel Teixeira.  Tipografia Soi Sang Macau, 1958. (Biography of Mesquita.) In Portuguese

Amaral and Mesquita by Henry d’Assumpção on the turbulent period in Macau when the governor was assassinated and Macau seriously threatened.

Pedro Nolasco da Silva by Padre Manuel Teixeira, Imprensa Nacional, Macau, 1942 (In Portuguese)

Fernando and Fernanda Ribeiro and family.  Família Ribeiro, by Peter Grills  Pirion Digital, Fyshwick, ACT ISBN 978 1 74027 488 3, 2008 – Biography of the Ribeiro and Nolasco da Silva families. In English

Sir Albert Maria Rodrigues, Article in the Bulletin of Club Lusitano of Hong Kong, 2017

Pero Vaz Siqueira, by Leonor de Seabra

Arnaldo da Silva

Arnaldo da Silva, by Rolando F Villacorte – A Macanese who took part in the Phillipine rebellion

The Story of Arnaldo Frederico da Silva , by Jerome Da Silva – The Philippine Revolution: The La Salle Connection

Carlos Eduardo Silva. Short article

Gil Vasco Figueiredo Silva   Autobiography

Henry Souza   Life of a Veteran   biography by Michael Souza  Hermes [tooltips_category category=”My Wartime Experience”]

Luigi Vieira Ribeiro    An Account of my war experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese

Augusto Maria Xavier A Hero’s Tale Retold by Pinky da Silva – a short biography of Lt Augusto Maria Xavier, a decorated Macanese hero of the Vietnam war

Philippe Yvanovich My Wartime Experience 2009 – An edited version of a privately produced and distributed booklet

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