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'''Augusto do Rosário Rodrigues''' was a [[Goa]]n short-story writer and poet.

==Life==

Very little is known about the life of Augusto do Rosário Rodrigues. He was born in 1910 and appears to have been an advocate by profession.<ref>Vimala Devi and Manuel de Seabra.''A Literatura Indo-Portuguesa''.Lisbon: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1973</ref> He "appears to have passed away in 1999".<ref>Paul Melo e Castro. ''Lengthening Shadows''. 2 vols. Saligão, India: Goa, 1556, 2016. I p. 51.</ref>
He was born in the village of Benaulim, South Goa. Many roads in Benaulim are named after him following his death

==Work==

Rodrigues produced short stories for the "Renascença" programme of [[All-India Radio]], which were later collected and published in a collection entitled ''Contos Regionais'', or "Regional Stories", in 1987.<ref>Augusto do R. Rodrigues, ''Contos regionais'' (Goa: Tipografia Rangel, 1987), apparently first published Goa: [s. n.], 1985.</ref> Given that this title was also used by the Goan short-story writer [[José da Silva Coelho]], whose work was rediscovered by [[Vimala Devi|Devi]] and Seabra, there is a possibility that Rodrigues was giving a sly wink back to his predecessor.<ref>Paul Melo e Castro. ''Lengthening Shadows''. 2 vols. Saligão, India: Goa, 1556, 2016. I pp. 51-52.</ref> Two of his stories have been translated into English: ''O Capitão Tarimbeiro'' (as ''Risen from the Ranks'') and ''O Herdeiro dos Cabrais'' (as ''The Scion of the Cabral Family'').<ref>Paul Melo e Castro. ''Lengthening Shadows''. 2 vols. Saligão, India: Goa, 1556, 2016. II pp. 160-4 and 165-77 respectively.</ref>

==Themes==

Many of Rodrigues's stories are historical, ranging from the eighteenth century right up until his present day. Focussing on [[Christianity in Goa|Goa's Catholic community]], his stories often revolve around issues of decline and recovery. The Goan critic Bailon de Sá described his collection as showing a sort of "inside out [[exoticism]]".<ref>Bailón de Sá, "Contos Regionais por Augusto do R. Rodrigues, Tipografia Rangel, Bastorá, Goa, pp.166" Boletim do Instituto Menezes Rodrigues, 157, 1988, p.36</ref>

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->Fredericknoronha at 20:30, 27 December 2019