Ovídio de Sousa Martins (September 17, 1928 in Mindelo, São Vicente – April 29, 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a famous Cape Verdean

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and journalist. He attended high school in his home country, he went to pursue studies in PortugalLobban and Saucier, p. 146 and did not achieve studies due to health reasons. He was one of the founders of the ''Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde'' in 1958. He lived in exile in the

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due to his pro-independence activities in his native land and produced 100 poems there. His poem ''Flagelados do vento leste'' and ''Comunhão'' 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 ...

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Works

Books

*''Caminhada'' (''Little Road''), Lisbon (1962) – Poemas *''100 Poemas - Gritarei, Berrarei, Matarei - Não vou para pasárgada'' (''100 Poems''), 1973 (Poems in Portuguese and in the creole of São Vicente) *''Tchutchinha'', Lisbon (1962)

Poems

Poems in the creole of São Vicente: *''Liberdade'', ''Nôs morte'', ''Hora nô ta bá junte'', ''Cantá nha pove'', ''Cretcheu'', ''Um spada na mon'', ''Comparaçon'', ''Consciénça'', ''Um r’bêra pa mar'', ''Dstine'', ''Ma de canal'', ''Pescador'', ''Cantáme''. Poems in

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: *''Mindelo'', ''Terra dos meus amores'', ''Caboverdianamente'', ''Minha dor'', ''Seca'', ''Flagelados do vento-leste'', ''Comunhão''.

Notes

Bibliography

*Richard Lobban and Paul Khalil Saucier, "Ovidio Martins" in ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Lanham, Md; Toronto; Plymouth, UK, Scarecrow Press, 2007, p. 146

External links

Victorian.fortunecity.com

A Poesia de Ovídio Martins (''Poems by Ovídio Martins)"Ovídio Martins, o poeta-profeta, faria 83 anos a 17 de Setembro"
''Expresso das Ilhas'', September 16, 2011 1928 births 1999 deaths 20th-century poets Cape Verdean poets Cape Verdean journalists Writers in Cape Verdean Creole People from Mindelo 20th-century journalists {{CapeVerde-writer-stub