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Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist
Arménio Vieira
Arménio Vieira at the café Cachito in Praia in 1997.
Born
Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (1941-01-29) 29 January 1941 (age83) Praia, Cape Verde
Occupation
Writer, poet, journalist
Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐɾˈmɛniuɐðɾuˈalduviˈɐjɾɐiˈsilvɐ]; born 29 January 1941) is a Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist. He began his activity during the 1960s, collaborated in SELÓ, Boletim de Cabo Verde, Vértice (Coimbra) review, Raízes, Ponto & Vírgula, Fragmentos, Sopinha de Alfabeto and others.
He won the Camões Prize in 2009 on the work O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho.[2]
His poems were celebrated by Mito Elias (also simply as Mito) in Praia and Mindelo in 2011.[3]
He started a series of "versions of books, poetic and miscellaneous notes" in June 2013 with O Brumário, later Derivações do Brumário and recently Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário in 2014.
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