Arménio Vieira

Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva was born on 24 January 1941 in Praia. A pupil at the Gil Eanes lycée, he was among the founders of Seló, the literary page of the newspaper Notícias de Cabo Verde that marked his generation. A teacher, then a journalist, he was arrested by the Portuguese political police for his pro-independence positions and spent two years in prison; after independence, he was an editor of the daily Voz di Povo. A keen chess player, he has seldom left the archipelago. The Camões Prize was awarded to him in 2009.

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• PoetryPoemasArménio Vieira · 1981not translated into EnglishLiterature