Luís Romano de Madeira Melo
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Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (Santo Antão, Cabo Verde, 10 June 1922 - Brasil, 22 January 2010) was a bilingual poet, novelist, and folklorist who has written in Portuguese and the Capeverdean Crioulo of Santo Antão.[1]
Born on the Capeverdean island of Santo Antão, he prefers to refer to the Capeverdean language as "língua cabo-verdiana". Romano lived in Brazil since 1962.
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[edit] Publications
- Famintos (1962, novel in Portuguese)
- Clima (1963): Poems in Portuguese, Crioulo and in French
- Cabo Verde-Renascença de uma civilização no Atlântico médio (1967): Collection of poems and short-stories in Portuguese and Crioulo.
- Negrume/Lzimparin (1973): Short-stories in Crioulo with translations in Portuguese
- Ilha (1991): Shortstories from "Europafrica" and "Brasilamerica"; in Portuguese and partially in Crioulo)
- Kriolanda - Estigmas, 1999, São Vicente
- Kabverd Civilização e Cultura, 2000, Rio de Janeiro
[edit] Short-Stories
- "Nho Zidôr" (in Ilha), "Pasaport Kabverd" (in Ilha), "Daluz" (in Negrume), "Tánha" (in Negrume), "Destino" (in Negrume), "Estórias de Tipêde i Tilôbe" (in Cabo Verde-Renascença de uma civilização...)
[edit] External links
- Ti Lobo e Ti Pedro – Crioulo of Santo Antão
- Poems
- Luís Romano (in Portuguese)
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Luís Romano morreu hoje no Brasil" (in Portuguese). A Semana. 22 January 2010. http://asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article49275&ak=1. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
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