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'''Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira''', known as '''Orlanda Amarílis''' ([[Assomada]], [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde| Santa Catarina]], [[Cape Verde]], 1924), is a [[Cape Verde | Cape Verdean]] writer.<ref name=Infop/> She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspectives on women’s writing,<ref name=Verbo/> with depictions of various aspects of the lives of Cape Verdean women as well as depictions of the [[Cape Verdean |
'''Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira''', known as '''Orlanda Amarílis''' ([[Assomada]], [[Santa Catarina, Cape Verde| Santa Catarina]], [[Cape Verde]], 1924), is a [[Cape Verde | Cape Verdean]] writer.<ref name=Infop/> She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspectives on women’s writing,<ref name=Verbo/> with depictions of various aspects of the lives of Cape Verdean women as well as depictions of the [[Cape Verdean diaspora]].<ref name=Infop/> |
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Amarílis is the daughter of Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes and Alice Lopes da Silva Fernandes. In 1945, she married Cape Verdean writer Manuel Ferreira,<ref name=ALAC/> and the couple have two sons, Sérgio Manuel Napoleão Ferreira (born in [[Cape Verde]]) e Hernâni Donaldo Napoleão Ferreira (born in [[Goa]]). Amarílis belongs to a family of literary figures, including [[Baltazar Lopes da Silva]] and her father, Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes, who published the first [[Cape Verdean Creole]] dictionary in [[Cape Verde]].<ref name=ALAC/> |
Amarílis is the daughter of Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes and Alice Lopes da Silva Fernandes. In 1945, she married Cape Verdean writer Manuel Ferreira,<ref name=ALAC/> and the couple have two sons, Sérgio Manuel Napoleão Ferreira (born in [[Cape Verde]]) e Hernâni Donaldo Napoleão Ferreira (born in [[Goa]]). Amarílis belongs to a family of literary figures, including [[Baltazar Lopes da Silva]] and her father, Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes, who published the first [[Cape Verdean Creole]] dictionary in [[Cape Verde]].<ref name=ALAC/> |
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In the city of [[Mindelo]], [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente island]], [[Cape Verde]], Amarílis completed her primary studies |
In the city of [[Mindelo]], [[São Vicente, Cape Verde|São Vicente island]], [[Cape Verde]], Amarílis completed her primary studies, as well as her secondary studies (high school) in the Liceu Gil Eanes school.<ref name=ALAC/> She then moved to [[Goa]], and lived in the capital, [[Panaji]] (Pangim) for six years where she completed her primary teacher training (Magistério Primário).<ref name=ALAC/> Years later, she finished two courses in [[Lisbon]]: Pedagogical Sciences (Curso de Ciências Pedagógicas) as well as a course of elementary education supervision (inspector do ensino básico.)<ref name=ALAC/> |
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For professional reasons as well as for reasons related to her participation in cultural interventions, Amarílis and her husband traveled to various countries including [[Angola]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[Goa]], [[Mozambique]], [[Nigeria]], [[Spain]], [[Sudan]], and the [[United States]].<ref name=ALAC/> She traveled worldwide and became a member of the Portuguese Movement Against [[South Africa under apartheid|Apartheid]](Movimento Português Contra o Apartheid), the Portuguese Movement for Peace (Movimento Português para a Paz) and the Portuguese Association of Writers (Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE)).<ref name=Infop/> |
For professional reasons as well as for reasons related to her participation in cultural interventions, Amarílis and her husband traveled to various countries including [[Angola]], [[Canada]], [[Egypt]], [[Goa]], [[Mozambique]], [[Nigeria]], [[Spain]], [[Sudan]], and the [[United States]].<ref name=ALAC/> She traveled worldwide and became a member of the Portuguese Movement Against [[South Africa under apartheid|Apartheid]](Movimento Português Contra o Apartheid), the Portuguese Movement for Peace (Movimento Português para a Paz) and the Portuguese Association of Writers (Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE)).<ref name=Infop/> |
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Revision as of 01:11, 22 December 2009
Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira, known as Orlanda Amarílis (Assomada, Santa Catarina, Cape Verde, 1924), is a Cape Verdean writer.[1] She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspectives on women’s writing,[2] with depictions of various aspects of the lives of Cape Verdean women as well as depictions of the Cape Verdean diaspora.[1]
Biography
Amarílis is the daughter of Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes and Alice Lopes da Silva Fernandes. In 1945, she married Cape Verdean writer Manuel Ferreira,[3] and the couple have two sons, Sérgio Manuel Napoleão Ferreira (born in Cape Verde) e Hernâni Donaldo Napoleão Ferreira (born in Goa). Amarílis belongs to a family of literary figures, including Baltazar Lopes da Silva and her father, Armando Napoleão Roiz Fernandes, who published the first Cape Verdean Creole dictionary in Cape Verde.[3]
In the city of Mindelo, São Vicente island, Cape Verde, Amarílis completed her primary studies, as well as her secondary studies (high school) in the Liceu Gil Eanes school.[3] She then moved to Goa, and lived in the capital, Panaji (Pangim) for six years where she completed her primary teacher training (Magistério Primário).[3] Years later, she finished two courses in Lisbon: Pedagogical Sciences (Curso de Ciências Pedagógicas) as well as a course of elementary education supervision (inspector do ensino básico.)[3]
For professional reasons as well as for reasons related to her participation in cultural interventions, Amarílis and her husband traveled to various countries including Angola, Canada, Egypt, Goa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Spain, Sudan, and the United States.[3] She traveled worldwide and became a member of the Portuguese Movement Against Apartheid(Movimento Português Contra o Apartheid), the Portuguese Movement for Peace (Movimento Português para a Paz) and the Portuguese Association of Writers (Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE)).[1]
Career
Amarílis began her career with her collaboration in the Cape Verdean magazine Certeza in 1944[3] and many of her short stories were added to various Cape Verdean literature anthologies.[1] After her work with Certeza, she contributed additional short stories to other magazines such as COLÓQUIO / Letras, África, Loreto 13. Many of her short stories are translated in Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, and Russian.[3]
Literary works
Short story anthologies
Short story anthologies ( Portuguese Language)
- Escrita e Combate ( 1976)
- Contos – O Campo da Palava (1985)
- Fantástico no Feminino ( 1985)
- Afecto às Letras – Obra Coletiva de Homenangem da Literatura Contemporânea a Jacinto do Prado Coelho ( 1988)
Short story anthologies ( German Language)
- Frauen in der Dritten Welt (1986)
Short story anthologies ( English Language)
- Across the Atlantic : An Anthology of Cape Verdean Literature (1986)[3]
- A New Reader’s Guide to African Literature (1983)[2]
Short story books
- Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa (1974)
- Ilhéu dos Pássaros (1983)
- A Casa dos Mastros (1989)
Children’s book
- Facécias e Peripécias[1]
Further Reading
Abdala Junior, Benjamin. “Globalização, Cultura e Identidade em Orlanda Amarílis.” Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies (PLCS) Vol. 8 (Spring 2002): 213-26. Print.
Gérard, Albert. “The Literature of Cape Verde.” African Arts Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1968): 62-64. Print.
McNab, Gregory. “Sexual Difference: The Subjection of Women in Two Stories by Orlanda Amarílis.” Luso-Brazilian Review Vol. 24, No. 1 (Summer 1987): 59-68. Print.
Tutikian, Jane. Inquietos Olhares: A construção do processo de identidade nacional nas
obras de Lídia Jorge e Orlanda Amarílis. São Paulo: Editora Arte & Ciência,
1999. Print.
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e "Orlanda Amaríls” Infopédia. Porto Editora, 2003-2009. Web. 18 October 2009
- ^ a b Biblos. Enciclopédia Verbo das Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa. Lisboa & São Paulo. 1995.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ferreira, Manuel. Notícia Bibliográfica. Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa by Orlanda Amarílis. 1ª ed. Lisboa: ALAC, 1974. p.7-8