Germano Almeida (; born 31 July 1945) is a Cape Verdean author and lawyer.
Biography
Born on the Cape Verdean island Boa Vista, Almeida studied law at the
University of Lisbon
The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, th ...
. His novels have been translated into several languages. He married Sam Stewart in 1970.
Almeida founded the literary magazine ''Ponto & Vírgula'' (1983-87) and ''Aguaviva''. In 1989 he founded the Ilhéu Editora
publishing house
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and has since published 16 books (nine novels).
Published works
His first work was ''
O dia das calças roladas
''O dia das calças roladas'' is a Cape Verde, Capeverdean novel published in 1982 by Germano Almeida.
The book was first published on Ilhéu Editora. The story is about an account of a strike that happened on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Ve ...
'' which was about an account of a strike on the island of Santo Antão, it was first written in 1982 and was published in 1983. He wrote the novel ''The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo'' which was about businessman turned philanthropist who leaves his fortune to his illegitimate daughter. As independence comes he is shown up to be a relic of colonialism. A motion picture would be made about the novel in 1997 and was directed by the Portuguese director Francisco Manso, it won the award at the Brazil's largest film festival, the Festival de Cinema de Gramado. He later published ''Dona Pura e os Camaradas de Abril'' in 1999, a story about the 1974 Carnation revolution in Portugal. '' Cabo Verde – Viagem pela história das ilhas'', published in 2003 was his historical presentation of all the nine inhabited islands that constitute Cape Verde. His recently published novels and works were ''Eva'' in 2006 and ''De
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 ...
(2018).
Adaptations
The 1995 novel ''The Two Brothers'' (''Os Dois Irmãos'') and ''Agravos de um Artista'' (''Engraved by the Artist'') - a short story were performed as theatrical plays at the GTCCPPM in
, São Vicente in 1999 and in 2000. One of the roles were done by
João Branco
João Guedes Branco (b. 1 July 1968) is a French-born Portuguese theatrical actor and reviewer, professor, and programmer. He had a theatrical career for over 30 years and appeared in more than 50 plays, most of them in Mindelo, Cape Verde.
Bran ...
.
Bibliography
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O dia das calças roladas
''O dia das calças roladas'' is a Cape Verde, Capeverdean novel published in 1982 by Germano Almeida.
The book was first published on Ilhéu Editora. The story is about an account of a strike that happened on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Ve ...
'' (1982) First published on Ilhéu Editora, Cape Verde.
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The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo
''The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo'' (Portuguese: ''O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno da Silva Araújo'', Cape Verdean Creole (Badiu): ''U Testamentu du Sinhor Napumosenu da Silva Araúju'') is a Capeverdean novel published ...
'' (Ilhéu Editora, 1989, republished by New Directions, 2004) (Portuguese: ''"O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno da Silva Araújo"'')
*''My Poet'' (1992) (Portuguese: ''"O meu poeta"'')
*''Fantastic Island'' (1994) (Portuguese: ''"A ilha fantástica"'')
*''Two Brothers'' (1995) (Portuguese: ''"Os dois irmãos"'')
*''Tales From the House'' (1996) (Portuguese: ''"Estórias de dentro de casa"'') (Short stories.) .
*''A morte do meu poeta'' (1998) Only published by the author, as it was too critical towards the ruling party at the time (MpD) for the local publisher, Ilhéu (actually he owns a part of the publishing company himself). The Poet turns into a corrupt politician and is eventually eaten by a shark!
*''A Família Trago'' (1998) A funny family chronicle from the author's island of birth, Boa Vista)
*'' Estórias contadas'' (1998) Chronicles published in the Portuguese newspaperPúblico
*''Dona Pura e os Camaradas de Abril'' (1999)
*''As memórias de um espírito'' (2001) An account of an erotic life, told by the deceased's spirit. Almeida style humour!
*'' Cabo Verde – Viagem pela história das ilhas'' (2003)
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O mar na Lajinha
''O mar na Lajinha'', also as ''No mar da Lajinha'' (Capeverdean Creole, ALUPEK: ''U mar na Lajinha'', ''Nu mar da Lajinha'') is a Capeverdean novel published in 2004 by Germano Almeida. The story is about a group of people meeting regularly for a ...
'' (2004) More erotic stories, from a group of people meeting regularly for a swim at the
Lajinha
Lajinha is a municipality in the northeastern part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The population is 19,918 (2020 est.) in an area of 431.92 km². The town borders the state Espirito Santo
''Espirito'' (Brazilian for "Spirit") is the second ...
beach on the island of São Vicente.
*''Eva: romance'' (2006)
*''A morte do ouvidor'' (2010)
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