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Name
  
Ovidio Martins


Role
  
Poet

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Died
  
April 29, 1999, Lisbon, Portugal

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 and did not achieve studies due to health reasons. He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958. He lived in exile in the Netherlands due to his pro-independence activities in his native land and produced 100 poems there.

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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

Ovidio martins


Books

  • Caminhada, 1962 – Poemas
  • 100 Poemas - Gritarei, Berrarei, Matarei - Não ou para pasárgada, 1973 (Poems in Portuguese and in the creole of São Vicente)
  • Tchutchinha, 1962

    • 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.

    • References

    Ovídio Martins Wikipedia
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