Actor · Novel
Born Nov 10, 1913 · Coimbra, Portugal
Active 1996–2005 · Awards: Order of Lenin, Order of Friendship, Order of Playa Girón, Order of the October Revolution, Lenin Peace Prize
Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese communist revolutionary, writer and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist regime of the Estado Novo.