Ovídio Martins | |
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Born | Ovídio de Sousa Martins 17 September 1928 |
Died | 29 April 1999 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | poet, journalist |
Ovídio de Sousa Martins (September 17, 1928 in Mindelo, São Vicente – April 29, 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a famous Cape Verdean poet and journalist. He attended high school in his home country, he went to pursue studies in Portugal[1] and did not achieve studies for health reasons.[2] He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958.[1] He lived in exile in the Netherlands due to his pro-independence activities in his native land and produced 100 poems there.
His poem Flagelados do vento leste and Comunhão can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.[3]
Works
Books
- Caminhada (Little Road), Lisbon (1962) – Poemas[4]
- 100 Poemas - Gritarei, Berrarei, Matarei - Não vou para pasárgada (100 Poems), 1973 (Poems in Portuguese and in the creole of São Vicente)
- Tchutchinha, Lisbon (1962)[4]
Poems
Poems in the creole of São Vicente:
- Liberdade, Nôs morte, Hora nô ta bá junte, Cantá nha pove, Cretcheu, Um spada na mon, Comparaçon, Consciénça, Um r’bêra pa mar, Dstine, Ma de canal, Pescador, Cantáme.
Poems in Portuguese:
- Mindelo, Terra dos meus amores, Caboverdianamente, Minha dor, Seca, Flagelados do vento-leste,[5] Comunhão.
Notes
- ^ a b Lobban and Saucier, p. 146
- ^ "Na Morte de Ovídio Martins" [The Death of Ovídio Martins] (PDF). Poeta e militante Cabo-Verdiano.
- ^ "Objectos do quotidiano de Cabo Verde mostram-se em Lisboa na "Casa Fernando Pessoa". A Semana. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Biografski dodaci" [Biographic appendices]. Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (in Serbo-Croatian). XXXIV (12). Zagreb, SR Croatia: 1424–1427. December 1978.
- ^ "Para Além do Desespero". Archived from the original on 2006-03-21. Retrieved 2006-02-11.
Bibliography
- Richard Lobban and Paul Khalil Saucier, "Ovidio Martins" in Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Lanham, Md; Toronto; Plymouth, UK, Scarecrow Press, 2007, p. 146 ISBN 9780810849068
External links
- (in Portuguese) Victorian.fortunecity.com
- Secrel.com.br
- (in Portuguese) A Poesia de Ovídio Martins (Poems by Ovídio Martins)
- "Ovídio Martins, o poeta-profeta, faria 83 anos a 17 de Setembro" Expresso das Ilhas, September 16, 2011