OD
Source-basedBreakout

Orlando da Costa

Portuguese writer

  • Fame49.4
  • Momentum15.7
  • Wikipedia3.3K
Lived 1929–2006, aged 77Portugal
  • Era
    1929–2006
    Aged 77
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Orlando António Fernandes da Costa was a Portuguese writer of Goan paternal and Portuguese-French maternal descent whose writings express his experiences of life in Goa. According to Everton Machado, his book O Último Olhar de Manú Miranda is a good introduction to know Indo-Portuguese literature. He was the father of the current President of the European Council and the former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, by his first wife Maria Antónia Palla. Costa was maternal cousin to Sérgio Vieira, a politician in Mozambique.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
49.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum15.7
Historical4.3
Now attention100.0
Source confidence25.0
Completeness55.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
Receipts

Sources