Pedro Monteiro Cardoso (13 September 1890 – 31 October 1942) was a
Cape Verdean writer, poet and folklorist.
Biography
He was born in 1889 on the
island of Fogo. Some sources stated his nationality was a Portuguese Guinean (now Bissau Guinean or Guinea-Bissauan)
He was influenced with one of the earliest recorded writers of colonial Cape Verde especially poets including
Eugénio Tavares
Eugénio de Paula Tavares (born 18 October 1867 in the island of Brava; died 1 June 1930 in Vila Nova Sintra) was a Cape Verdean poet. He is known through his famous poems (''mornas''), mostly written in the Creole of Brava.
Biography
Eugénio ...
and others including
José Lopes da Silva of São Nicolau.
He later moved to the colonial (now national) capital
Praia where he wrote several books and poems especially of the classical-romantic related themes.
In 1933, he published a work related to Cape Verdean folklore titled ''Folclore Caboverdiano'' which included traditional stories and music. His works would later be influenced in other works including poetry and short stories, these also appeared in the magazine-review ''
Claridade
''Claridade'' (Portuguese for "light") was a literary review inaugurated in 1936 in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It was part of a movement of cultural, social, and political emancipations of the Cape Verdean soc ...
'' published from 1936 to 1960.
He died in the colonial capital Praia in 1942 at the age of 53, the cause was unknown but was probably cancer.
Legacy
His poem "Nha Codê" was made into song by the music group
Simentera in the album ''Raiz'' (1992)
Selected works
*''Folclore Caboverdiano''
'Cape Verdean Folklore''(1933)
*Selected works in ''O Manduco''
*"Nha Codê"
*''
Claridade
''Claridade'' (Portuguese for "light") was a literary review inaugurated in 1936 in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It was part of a movement of cultural, social, and political emancipations of the Cape Verdean soc ...
'' - selected works in the magazine
See also
*
List of Cape Verdeans: writers section
Notes
References
*''The first version of the article is translated and is based from the
article
Article often refers to:
* Article (grammar), a grammatical element used to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness
* Article (publishing), a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of a publication
Article may also refer to:
G ...
at the French Wikipedia (
Main Page
Welcome to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and using a wiki-based editing system. Wikipedia is the larg ...
)
Further reading
*
Manuel Veiga, ''Insularité et littérature aux îles du Cap-Vert'', Karthala, Paris, 1997, p. 116,
*
Eugénio Tavares
Eugénio de Paula Tavares (born 18 October 1867 in the island of Brava; died 1 June 1930 in Vila Nova Sintra) was a Cape Verdean poet. He is known through his famous poems (''mornas''), mostly written in the Creole of Brava.
Biography
Eugénio ...
, ''Littératures lusophones des archipels atlantiques : Açores, Madère, Cap-Vert, São Tomé e Príncipe''
usophony Literature in the Atlantic Archipelagoes: Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe L'Harmattan, 2009, p. 294
External links
Pedro Monteiro Cardosoat Manduco - Ilha do Fogo: Cultura, Gentes e Vivencias
1890 births
1942 deaths
Cape Verdean poets
Cape Verdean writers
People from Fogo, Cape Verde
20th-century poets
{{CapeVerde-bio-stub