José Gabriel Lopes da Silva, also known as Gabriel Mariano (May 18, 1928 in

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– February 18, 2002 in

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, Portugal), was a

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an poet, novelist, and an essayist. He studied at

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and graduated as director in Lisbon. He returned to Cape Verde 1950 where he participated in the creation of the magazine ''Restoration'' (with Jorge Pedro Barbosa and others), the ''Cultural Supplement'' (with Carlos Alberto Monteiro and others) and ''Boletim Cabo Verde'' (''Cabo Verde Bulletin''). His cultural activity brought him to the attention of the local governor and he was deported to

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. He published poems, novels and essays, in Portuguese and

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. After independence, he returned to Cape Verde. He wrote ''Vida e Morte de João Cabafume'' in 1976 which won the African Literary Award, an essay on Capeverdean culture in 1991 and a poetic anthology named ''Ladeira Grande'' in 1993. He spent the remainder of his life in Portugal, he died on February 28, 2002. Some of his poems are in the '' Tertúlia'' collection of poems which were also made by other poets. One of his poem can be found on the CD ''

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'' (2007) by

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He is not the same but could be related to another poet who was born in the island of São Nicolau, José Lopes da Silva (January 15, 1872- September 2, 1962 in Mindelo), he was also a professor and a journalist.

Works

* ''A Mestiçagem: seu papel na formação da sociedade caboverdeana'' (an essay published in "Suplemento Cultural", 1958) * ''Do Funco ao Sobrado ou o Mundo que o Mulato Criou'' (a published essay in "Colóquios Caboverdeanos", 1959) * ''12 Poemas de Circunstâncias'' (''12 Poems of Circumstances'') (1965) * ''Amor e partida na poesia crioula de

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ou inquietação amorosa'' * ''Capitão Ambrósio'' (''Captain Ambrósio'') * ''Inquietação e serenidade. Aspectos da insularidade na poesia de Caboverde'' * ''Nome de casa e nome de igreja'' * ''O Rapaz Doente'' (1963) * '' Osvaldo Alcântara — O Caçador de heranças ou inquietação social'' * ''Uma Introdução à Poesia de Jorge Barbosa'' (''An Introduction Of Poetry From Jorge Barbosa'') * ''Vida e Morte de João Cabafume'' (Via Editora, 1976), won the African Literary Award * ''Cultura Caboverdeana'' ('' Capeverdean Culture'') (essays, Vega, 1991) * ''Ladeira Grande'' (poetic anthology, editora Vega, 1993)

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