Ovídio Martins
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, went to pursue studies in Portugal but did not achieve studies for health reasons. He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958.
Also recorded as Ovidio Martins
Ovídio Martins
- Name
- Ovídio Martins
- Birth Name
- Ovídio de Sousa Martins
- Born
- 17 September 1928
- Birthplace
- Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Died
- 29 April 1999
- Place of death
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Occupation
- poet, journalist
- Nationality
- Cape Verde
- Languages
- Portuguese
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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, went to pursue studies in Portugal but did not achieve studies for health reasons. He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958.
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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.
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• Name — Ovídio Martins • Birth Name — Ovídio de Sousa Martins • Born — 17 September 1928 • Birthplace — Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde • Died — 29 April 1999 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — poet, journalist
Poems
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, Comunhão.
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1928
Ovídio Martins was born on 17 September 1928.
1999
Ovídio Martins died on 29 April 1999.
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• Caminhada (Little Road), Lisbon (1962) – Poemas • 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)
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