Eduardo de Sousa

Born in 1909 in Saligão, Goa, he grew up in a landed family and studied at the Liceu Afonso de Albuquerque before training in pharmacy at the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de Goa. He eventually chose education instead, working as a primary-school teacher and continuing his studies in subjects including Marathi, political organization, and administration.

He wrote in Portuguese and is described by scholars as an Indo-Portuguese writer whose work reflects the experience of the Luso-Goan elite during the colonial period. Recent academic discussion has highlighted his stories as valuable records of a social world in decline, especially in the years around and after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961.

Although he is not widely known outside specialist circles, his writing has drawn renewed attention from researchers interested in Goan literature, colonial history, and the many languages and identities that shaped literary life in Goa.