Poetry
Chuva novembrina
Not translated into English
José Luís Mendonça · 1981
Synopsis
A poet's first collection, whose content remains to be described; the title names the November rain. A study devoted to the whole of his work notes in it free verse, polyrhythm, images that he calls cinematic, in which nature, the city and African life mingle, and the declared aim of showing Afro-Angolan beauty.
Context
The collection appeared in 1981. It is the first of more than fifteen volumes; these include Respirar as mãos na pedra, awarded the Sonangol grand prize in 1988, and Quero acordar a alva, in 1997, which received the same prize that had distinguished the first book in 1996. The Berlin literature festival glosses its title in English as November Rain. The BnF holds eighteen records under his name, including O reino das casuarinas in 2014, but none for this first collection.
Who it is for
Poems in Portuguese, in free verse; no French or English translation of the collection.
Prizes and reception
Sagrada Esperança Prize, which takes its name from a collection by Agostinho Neto; the author would receive it again in 1996.
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