Lino Leitão

Lino Leitão was born in Goa.  He studied in Portuguese and English schools and attended the University of Karnataka in India and Concordia University in Montreal. His stories have been published by Goa Today, Gulab, Gomantak Times (Goa); Afro-Asian Quarterly, Journal of Asian Literature (Michigan State University), The Toronto South Asian Review, Massachusetts Review, Short Story International (New York), The Antigonish Review and others. His articles on Goan issues have been published in  The Goan Forum, OHeraldo, Gomantak Times, Navhind Times (Goa), and in South Asian Studies Papers, no. 9 - Goa: Continuity and Change - University of Toronto, Centre for South Asian Studies, 1995. 

Selected Publications: 

The Man and His Writings (Translated from Portuguese). Goa, India: Xavier Centre of Historical Research, 2000.
The Gift of the Holy Cross. Leeds, England: Peepal Tree Press, 1999.
Six Tales. Cornwall, ON: Vesta Publications, 1980.
Goa Tales. Cornwall, ON: Vesta Publications, 1977.
Collected Short Tales. New York: Carleton Press, 1972.

Lino Leitão's submissions to The Goan Forum:

* Dr. Julião Menezes

* Goan Diaspora

* Accident

* Xemai

* Thoroughbred Goans

* Ben Antao's BLOOD & NEMESIS - a book review

* Ben Antao's PENANCE - a book review

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