Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (22 April 1900 – 7 June 1960) was a poet from

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. He was also a musician and journalist. His most well known poems are dedicated to his "bronze flower", a woman he loved. His poetry had an Angolan flavor. His "day job" was as a pharmacist's assistant. He was born in Constância and died in

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Profile from Contemporary Africa DatabaseTomaz Vieira da Cruz
on Encyclopædia Britannica.
Tomás Vieira da Cruz
on Infopédia (Portuguese) 1900 births 1960 deaths People from Constância 20th-century Portuguese poets Portuguese male poets 20th-century male writers {{Portugal-writer-stub