Luís Romano de Madeira Melo

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Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (born June 10, 1922 on the island of Santo Antão , † January 22, 2010 , Brazil ) was a Cape Verdean writer, folklorist and poet.

Life

He worked as a coal miner, salt worker, carpenter and civil servant and lived in Brazil from 1962. He writes his works partly in Portuguese and in the Creole of Santo Antão. He prefers to call his mother tongue the 'Cape Verdean language'.

Fonts

  • Famintos (1962, novel in Portuguese)
  • Clima (1963): Poemes in Portuguese, Creole and French
  • Cabo-Verde: Renascença de uma civilização no Atlântico médio (1967): Collection of poems and short stories in Portuguese and the Creole language of Santo Antão.
  • Negrume / Lzimparin (1973): Short stories in the Creole of Santo Antão with Portuguese translation.
  • Cem Anos de Literatura Caboverdiana, 1985
  • Ilha (1991: Lusoverdian stories from Europe Africa and Brasilamerica; Portuguese and partly Creole)
  • Kriolanda - Estigmas, 1999, São Vicente
  • Kabverd Civilização e Cultura, 2000, Rio de Janeiro
Short stories in the Creole of Santo Antão
  • Nho Zidôr (in 'Ilha'), Pasaport Kabverd (in 'Ilha'), Daluz (in 'Negrume'), Tánha (in 'Negrume'), Destino (in 'Negrume'), Estórias de Tipêde i Tilôbe (in ' Cabo Verde-Renascença de uma civilização ... ')

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Romano de Madeira Melo, Luís
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Madeira Melo, Luís Romano de; Romano, Luís; Melo, Luís Romano Madeira de; Melo, Luís Romano de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cape Verdean writer, folklorist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Antão (Cape Verde)
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 2010