Antero Alberto Ervedosa de Abreu, better known as Antero Abreu (February 22, 1927 – March 15, 2017), was an Angolan lawyer, attorney general, ambassador, author and poet.^[1]

Antero de Abreu was born in Luanda, Angola,^[2] and completed his primary, secondary and high school studies there. He studied law in Portugal, first in Coimbra and then later in Lisbon.^[2][3] As a student in Lisbon he became the leader of the Casa dos estudantes do Império (House of Students of the Empire).^[4]

As an anti-colonial activist, he began writing poetry on the subject, where it was gradually noticed and picked up by various magazines and publications. He remained a productive writer up until his death.

He was a founder of the Angolan Writers Union,^[5] as well as the Academy of Arts and Social Sciences.^[3]

He was also the second Attorney General of then People's Republic of Angola and ambassador to Italy.^[2]

• A tua Voz Angola (Your Voice Angola) (1978), Luanda, União dos Escritores Angolanos
• Poesia Intermitente (Intermittent Poetry) (1978), (1987, Lisboa, Edições 70)
• Permanência (Permanence) (1979), (1987, Lisboa, Edições 70)
• Textos sem Pretexto (Texts without Pretext) (1992)^[4]

De Abreu died on March 15, 2017, at the age of 90, of an illness.^[3]