Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (; born 29 January 1941) is a
Cape Verde
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an 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, and others.
Poetry
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'' 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 was not involved in other political offices). In music, he was one of ...
.
He won the
Camões Prize
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in 2009 on the work ''O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho''.
His poems were celebrated by
Mito Elias (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
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*1990: ''O Eleito do Sol'' - ''Edição Sonacor EP'' - ''Grafedito'' - Praia
*1998: ''Poemas'' (reedited) - ''Ilhéu Editora'' -
*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
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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