Daniel Damásio Ascensão Filipe (December 11, 1925 in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde - April 6, 1964) was a Cape Verdean poet and journalist. He was born in the island of Boa Vista in 1926. He went to Portugal when he was a child and later gratuded at the Curso Geral dos Liceus. He studied at

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s in

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and later as a co-director in the work ''Notícias do Bloqueio'' (''Bloc News''), collaborated with the review and realized by the Emissora National on the literary program ''Távola Redonda'' (''Voice of the Emperor'') and the journal ''Diário Ilustrado'' (1956-). He was one of the founders of '' Claridade'' journal which was founded in 1936 alongside Manuel Lopes,

Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva ( Caleijão, São Nicolau, 23 April 1907 - Lisbon, Portugal, 28 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he w ...

, Manuel Ferreira, Francisco José Tenreiro, António Aurélio Gonçalves and Jorge Barbosa. He was the youngest member. The journal was related to nationalism and opposition of colonial rule.

Bibliography

Daniel Felipe becgan a literary activity in 1946 with ''Missiva'', then ''Marinheiro em Terra'' (''The Fishermen on Land'') (1949), ''O Viageiro Solitário'' (1951), ''Recado para a Amiga Distante'' (1956), ''A Ilha e a Solidão'' (1957) that was awarded the Prémio Camilo Pessanha (Camilo Pessanha Award), the novel ''O Manuscrito na Garrafa'' (1960), ''A Invenção do Amor e Outros Poemas'' (''The Invention of Love and Other Poems'') (1961) and ''Pátria, Lugar de Exílio'' (1963). One of his poems can be found on the CD ''

Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama ''Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama'' (''Poetry of Cape Verde and Seven Poems by Sebastião da Gama'') is a collection of poems released in a CD by Afonso Dias and other "guests" (Carlos Germano, Luís Vicente, Mina Andala ...

'' (2007) by

Afonso Dias Afonso Dias is a Portuguese singer, musician, poet and actor. He was deputy of the Constitution Assembly of 1975/76 under the Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) (later, he did not exercise in other political offices). In music, he was one of ...

References

External links

''A invenção do amor'' (''The Invention of Love''), poem by Daniel Damásio Ascensão Filipe - Instituto Camões

Daniel Filipe at infopedia.pt
Cape Verdean poets 20th-century Portuguese poets People from Boa Vista, Cape Verde 1925 births 1964 deaths 20th-century poets Portuguese male poets 20th-century male writers {{Portugal-poet-stub