Gabriel Mariano
| Gabriel Mariano | |
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| Born |
May 18, 1928 Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde |
| Died |
February 28, 2002 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Actor |
José Gabriel Lopes da Silva, also known as Gabriel Mariano, (May 18, 1928 in Ribeira Grande – February 18, 2002 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a Cape Verdean poet and an essayist.
He studied at São Joaquim and graduated as director in Lisbon. He returned to Cape Verde 1950 where he participated in the creation of the magazine Restoration (with Jorge Pedro Barbosa and others), the Cultural Supplement (with Carlos Alberto Monteiro and others) and Boletim Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde Bulletin). His cultural activity brought him to the attention of the local governor and he was deported to Mozambique.
He published poems, novels and essays, in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole.
Works
- A Mestiçagem: seu papel na formação da sociedade caboverdeana (an essay published in "Suplemento Cultural", 1958)
- Do Funco ao Sobrado ou o Mundo que o Mulato Criou (a published essay in "Colóquios Caboverdeanos", 1959)
- 12 Poemas de Circunstâncias (12 Poems of Circumstances) (1965)
- Amor e partida na poesia crioula de Eugénio Tavares ou inquietação amorosa
- Capitão Ambrósio (Captain Ambrósio)
- Inquietação e serenidade. Aspectos da insularidade na poesia de Caboverde
- Nome de casa e nome de igreja
- O Rapaz Doente (1963)
- Osvaldo Alcântara — O Caçador de heranças ou inquietação social
- Uma Introdução à Poesia de Jorge Barbosa (An Introduction Of Poetry From Jorge Barbosa
- Vida e Morte de João Cabafume (Via Editora, 1976)
- Cultura Caboverdeana (Capeverdean Culture) (essays, Vega, 1991)
- Ladeira Grande (poetic anthology, editora Vega, 1993)
References
- The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Portuguese Wikipedia (Main Page)
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