Daniel Damásio Ascensão Filipe (December 11, 1925 in Boa Vista Island,

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- April 6, 1964) was a

an poet and journalist. He was born in the island of Boa Vista in 1926. He went to Portugal when he was a child and later gratuded at the Curso Geral dos Liceus. He studied at

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s in

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and later as a co-director in the work ''Notícias do Bloqueio'' (''Bloc News''), collaborated with the review and realized by the Emissora National on the literary program ''Távola Redonda'' (''Voice of the Emperor'') and the journal ''Diário Ilustrado'' (1956-). He was one of the founders of '' Claridade'' journal which was founded in 1936 alongside Manuel Lopes,

Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva (23 April 1907 – 8 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of '' Claridade''. In 1947 ...

, Manuel Ferreira,

Francisco José Tenreiro Francisco José Tenreiro (20 January 1921 – 1963) was a São Toméan geographer and poet who lived during the colonial era. He was taught at the Overseas Political and Social Sciences Institute, now known as the Instituto Superior de Ciência ...

António Aurélio Gonçalves António Aurélio Gonçalves, better known as Nhô Roque (25 September 1901 – 30 September 1984), was a Cape Verdean writer, critic, historian and professor. Life Gonçalves was born in the city of Mindelo, the capital of the island of São V ...

and Jorge Barbosa. He was the youngest member. The journal was related to nationalism and opposition of colonial rule.

Bibliography

Daniel Felipe becgan a literary activity in 1946 with ''Missiva'', then ''Marinheiro em Terra'' (''The Fishermen on Land'') (1949), ''O Viageiro Solitário'' (1951), ''Recado para a Amiga Distante'' (1956), ''A Ilha e a Solidão'' (1957) that was awarded the Prémio Camilo Pessanha (Camilo Pessanha Award), the novel ''O Manuscrito na Garrafa'' (1960), ''A Invenção do Amor e Outros Poemas'' (''The Invention of Love and Other Poems'') (1961) and ''Pátria, Lugar de Exílio'' (1963). One of his poems can be found on the CD '' Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama'' (2007) 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 ...

References

External links

''A invenção do amor'' (''The Invention of Love''), poem by Daniel Damásio Ascensão Filipe - Instituto Camões

Daniel Filipe at infopedia.pt
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