Leão Lopes (born 1948 in
Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places:
Cape Verde
*Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão
*Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão
*Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municipali ...
,
Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Santo Antão (Portuguese for " Saint Anthony") is the westernmost island of Cape Verde. At , it is the largest of the Barlavento Islands group, and the second largest island of Cape Verde.[The Island of Contenda
''The Island of Contenda'' (original title: ''O Ilhéu de Contenda'') is a 1995 drama film directed by Leão Lopes.
Synopsis
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change ...]
'' (1996), based on a novel by
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (September 19, 1919 in São Lourenço on the island of Fogo – March 3, 2006) was a doctor and author from Cape Verde.
Biography
Teixeira de Sousa graduated in 1945 in Lisbon with a degree in Medicine, having atte ...
. He is also author of various documentary including ''Bitú'' (2009) which was about the Mindelo native artist filmed in 2006, and ''São Tomé - Os Últimos Contratados'' (2010).
In 1979, he founded AtelierMar in
, a non-government organization, dedicated to formation of a cultural capacity and local development in which still presides.
He was Minister of Culture and Communications during the
Carlos Veiga
Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga (; born October 21, 1949 in Mindelo) is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991 to July 29, 2000.
Early life and education
In 1950, Veiga was born in Mindelo, São ...
legislature between 1991 and 2000, he is currently deputy member at the Cape Verdean National Assembly and elected as MpD party.
He founded the University Institute of Arts, Technological and Culture (M_EIA) in Mindelo and is currently dean and professor.
Academic career
After finishing his secondary studies in Cape Verde, Leão Lopes headed to Lisbon and was graduated in painting at the Lisbon High School of Fine Arts (Escola Superior de Belas-Artes de Lisboa). In France, he was a doctorate at
University of Rennes II with a thesis about the Cape Verdean writer
Baltasar Lopes
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 ...
.
Currently he is a rector at M_EIA with teaching in various disciplines, even post-graduation in film and audiovisual.
Visual arts
His visual artistry is an expression of Cape Verdean experiences, mainly in his native island. Leão Lopes even rejects the labels of different areas of the part. In an interview by the reviewer NosGenti: ''Never worn the clothing of a writer of a plastic artist. I approaches art, not as plural, but only and exclusively singular. The supports which largely allows to express, regardless of an area, are the ones who elect at the time.''.
Filmography
Feature film
*''
The Island of Contenda
''The Island of Contenda'' (original title: ''O Ilhéu de Contenda'') is a 1995 drama film directed by Leão Lopes.
Synopsis
Cape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change ...
'' (1995)
Documentaries
*''O Últimos Contratados'' (''The Last Contracts'') (2009)
*''Bitú'' (2010)
Published works
* ''Unine'', 1998, short storiey
* ''O contexto jurídico dos media em Cabo Verde'' (''Judicial Context of Cape Verdean Media''), 1998, essay
* ''Baltasar Lopes: 1907-1989'', 2002, doctoral dissertation
* ''Capitão Farel: A Fabulosa História do Capitão Farewell, o Pirata de Monte Joana'' (''Captain Farel: The Fabulous History of Captain Farewell, the Pirate of Mount Joanne''), 2009, children's story
* ''Baltasar Lopes: um homem arquipélago na linha de todas as batalhas'' (''Baltasar Lopes; A Man of the Archipelago in the Line of All Battles''), 2011, essay
Collaborations
* ''Santo Antão: alguns olhares'', 1984
* ''A partilha do indivisível: imagens dos objectivos do Milénio'', 2006
* ''Ejercicios poéticos: Exercícios poéticos'' (''Poetic Exercises''), 2010
* A História de Blimundo, ''Dima, o passarinho que criou o mundo: mitos, contos e lendas dos países de língua portuguesa'', 2013, short story
References
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1948 births
Living people
Cape Verdean male writers
Cape Verdean academics
People from Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Cape Verdean film directors