The death of the Angolan writer was confirmed to Angop by Abreu Paxe, also a writer and director of the Literary Studies Center of the Union of Angolan Writers (UEA).
Arlindo Barbeitos was born on December 24, 1940 in Catete, Icolo and Bengo, in the province of Bengo. Currently the municipality belongs to the province of Luanda.
The writer did his primary and secondary studies in the capital, having left for Portugal at the age of 17. For political reasons, at the age of 21 he went to France and later to Germany. He studied Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Economics and Statistics at the University of Frankfurt.
In 71 he returned to Angola and joined the MPLA, where he joined his ranks, on the Eastern Front, giving classes. A year later, he returned to Europe for medical treatment and returned to study, starting a thesis and a doctorate in Ethnology on "The Sacred Achievements".
In 1975, and following the April 25 revolution, he returned to Angola where he held the position of professor at the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences, in Lubango.
He was also a cultural attaché at the Embassy of Angola in the Republic of Algeria.
He stood out as a writer, being a founding member of UEA, collaborating in several Angolan and Portuguese newspapers and magazines.
Among his published works are "Angola, Angolê, Angolema" (1976), "Nzoji" (1979), "O Rio. Estórias de Regresso" (1985) and "Fiapos de Senho" (1992).
