| Intro | Mozambican poet |
| Is |
Poet |
| From |
Mozambique |
| Type |
Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | Maputo, Mozambique |
Maria do Carmo Abecassis is a Mozambican poet.
Abecassis was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. She is known for her collection of poems in Portuguese Em vez de asas tenho braços (“Instead of wings I have arms”), published in 1973. She was known to be employed by the Expresso newspaper of Lisbon in 1981.