Tarrafal as part of an attempt on the part of the regime of Marcello Caetano to improve its international image. They were ordered to live in Lisbon under police surveillance. In late 1972 Vieira's controversial short story collection Luuanda was published again in Portugal, but was soon banned for a second time. After the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, Vieira remained in Lisbon, overseeing the publication of his manuscripts, until the end of the year. In January 1975 he returned to Angola. Between 1975 and 1992, Vieira held important posts in the cultural bureaucracy of independent Angola, notably as Secretary-General of the Union of Angolan Writers. During this time, he stopped writing, but helped many younger Angolan writers to publish. In 1992, he left Angola and has since lived a reclusive life in rural Portugal. Vieira turned down the 100,000 Euros Camões Literary Prize awarded to him in May 2006, citing personal reasons. Works A CIdade e a Infância. Written in the late 1950s. Published in Luanda in 1957, in a limited edition which was confiscated by the police. Republished in Portugal 1960. A vida verdadeira de Domingos Xavier. Written 1961. Circulated in clandestine editions and a French translation by Mário Pinto de Andrade. Published in Portugal 1974. English Trans. by Michael Wolfers as The Real Life of Domingos Xavier, Heinemann, African Writers Series no. 202, 1978. Nosso Musseque. Written 1962. Published in Portugal 2003. English Trans. by Robin Patterson, Our Musseque, Dedalus Press, 2015. Vidas Novas. Written 1962. Published in Portugal 1974. Luuanda, Written 1963. Published 1964. English trans. by Tamara L. Bender Heinemann, African Writers Series no. 222, 1980. Velhas estórias. Written 1964-65. Published 1974. Nós os do Makulusu Written 1967. Published 1974 João Vêncio: os seus amores. Written 1968. Published 1979. English Trans. by Richard Zenith, The Loves of João Vêncio, Harcourt, Brace, Johanovich, 1991. No Antigamente, Na Vida. Written 1969. Published 1974. Macandumba. Written 1970-71. Published 1978. Lourentinho, Dona Antónia de Sousa Neto e eu. Written 1972. Published 1981. O livro dos rios. 2006 Papéis da prisão. Apontamentos, Diário, Correspondência (1962-1971), 2015. References External links Luandino Vieira biography. Luandino Vieira in Encyclopædia Britannica Angolan writers Angolan people of Portuguese descent 1935 births Living people Portuguese emigrants to Angola Camões Prize winners People from Ourém 20th-century male writers