Poetry
Monção
Not translated into English
Luís Carlos Patraquim · 1980
Synopsis
Monção (Monsoon): the author's first collection, whose title refers to the seasonal winds of the Indian Ocean, and in which the sea and the islands of that ocean recur. The poems speak of desire and eroticism, merging the body of woman with the land, and return to the memory of childhood and of war. Several pieces reflect on the very writing of the poem, and one of them, Metamorfose, enters into dialogue with the poetry of José Craveirinha, whom the author regards as his master.
Context
The collection appeared in 1980 in Lisbon from Edições 70, co-published with the public book and record institute of Maputo, in a series of Mozambican authors. Studies see in it the abandonment of militant verse, in the service of the liberation struggle, for a voice turned towards the intimate, love and language. The reviews Mulemba and Literafro have devoted studies to it, and its poems are included in the anthology O osso côncavo, from Caminho.
Who it is for
For reading, in Portuguese, a Mozambican poetry of the sea and of desire written in the aftermath of independence.
Prizes and reception
C. M. de C. Almeida reads in it the passage from the poetry of struggle to a lyricism centred on the subject.
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