Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (; born January 29, 1941) is a Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist. He began his activity during the 1960s, collaborated in SELÓ, Boletim de Cabo Verde, Vértice (Coimbra) review, Raízes, Ponto & Vírgula, Fragmentos
Sopinha de Alfabeto
and others. Three of his poems— ''Lisboa'' (1971), ''Quiproquo'' and ''Ser tigre''— 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 ...

'' by

Afonso Dias Afonso Dias is a Portuguese singer, musician, poet and actor. He was deputy of the Constitution Assembly of 1975/76 under the Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) (later, he did not exercise in other political offices). In music, he was one of ...

. He won the

Camões Prize The Camões Prize (Portuguese, ''Prémio Camões'', ), named after Luís de Camões, is the most important prize for literature in the Portuguese language. It is awarded annually by the Portuguese ''Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bi ...

in 2009 on the work ''O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho''. His poems were celebrated by

Mito Elias Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias, also known as Mito or Mito Elias (born 9 August 1965) is a Cape Verdean artist, visual artist and a poet. Biography Mito Elias was born in Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde. He studied art at Centro de Arte & Comunica� ...

(also simply as Mito) in Praia and Mindelo in 2011. He started a series of "versions of books, poetic and miscellaneous notes" in June 2013 with ''O Brumário'', later ''Derivações do Brumário'' and recently ''Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário'' in 2014.

Works

*1971: ''Lisboa'' (''Lisbon'') *Around 1971 and 1972: ''Quiproquo'' and ''Ser tigre'' *1981: ''Poemas'' - ''África Editora'' - ''Colecção Cântico Geral'' - Lisbon *1990: ''O Eleito do Sol'' - ''Edição Sonacor EP'' - ''Grafedito'' - Praia *1998: ''Poemas'' (reedited) - ''Ilhéu Editora'' -

Mindelo Mindelo is a port cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook ...

*2006: ''MITOgrafias'' - Portuguese Cultural Center - Praia and Mindelo - novel *2009: ''O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho'' - Caminho Publishers, Lisbon - poems *2013: ''O Brumário'' *''Derivações do Brumário'', 2013 *''Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário'', 2014

Notes

External links

Vozes Poéticas da Lusofonia (Lusophony Poetic Voices)

''Arménio Vieira – liberdade e coerência na poesia do poeta-gato cabo-verdiano''
(África e Africanidades) Brazil, 2nd year, no. 6, August 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Armenio 1941 births Living people Cape Verdean male writers Cape Verdean poets Cape Verdean journalists People from Praia Camões Prize winners 20th-century male writers 21st-century male writers