Ovídio Martins
Ovídio de Sousa Martins (born September 17, 1928 in Mindelo , São Vicente , Cape Verde , † April 29, 1999 in Lisbon ) was a Cape Verdean political activist, journalist and poet.
Martins attended secondary school on his home island, studied law in Lisbon , but did not graduate for health reasons. There he developed into a Marxist and was friends with Amílcar Cabral and other champions of the independence of the Portuguese colonies. He became a member of the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC). Because the Portuguese secret police PIDE arrested him, he went into exile in the Netherlands .
In 1958 he founded the Cape Verde Islands' first literary magazine, which was immediately banned. He began publishing poetry in the 1960s. His lyrics are both romantic and anti-colonial militancy; individual works appeared abroad, especially in Angola and Brazil .
After the Carnation Revolution in 1974 Martins returned to Cape Verde. He worked there for cultural institutions, magazines and radio. Due to illness, he traveled to Lisbon in 1998, where he died in 1999.
Books
- Caminhada , 1962
- Tchutchinha , 1962
- 100 Poemas - Gritarei, berrarei, matarei - Não vou para a passárgada , 1973 - Poems in Portuguese and in Cape Verde Creole ( Crioulo ) on the island of São Vicente
Works
- In Crioulo:
- Liberdade, Nôs morte, Hora nô ta bá junte, Cantá nha pove, Cretcheu, Um spada na mon, Comparaçon, Consciénça, Um r'bêra pa mar, Dstine, Mar de canal, Pescador, Cantáme
- In Portuguese language:
- Mindelo, Terra dos meus amores, Caboverdianamente, Minha dor, Seca, Flagelados do vento-leste, Para além do Desespero
Web links
- http://victorian.fortunecity.com/kensington/201/ (English)
- http://www.secrel.com.br/jpoesia/oma.html (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albert S. Gérard (Ed.): European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamin Publishing, 1986, p. 417.
- ^ Ovídio Martins, poeta e ativista cabo-verdiano, vai ser homenageado em Lisboa . RTP Notícias, September 12, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martins, Ovídio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sousa Martins, Ovídio de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cape Verdean poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mindelo , Sao Vicente , Cape Verde |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1999 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |