Arménio Vieira


Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva is a Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist. He began his activity during the 1960s, collaborated in SELÓ, Boletim de Cabo Verde, Vértice review, Raízes, Ponto & Vírgula, Fragmentos, and others.

Poetry

Three of his poems— Lisboa, Quiproquo and Ser tigre— can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.
He won the Camões Prize in 2009 on the work O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho.
His poems were celebrated by Mito Elias in Praia and Mindelo in 2011.
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.

Works

  • 1971: Lisboa
  • Around 1971 and 1972: Quiproquo and Ser tigre
  • 1981: Poemas - África Editora - Colecção Cântico Geral - Lisbon
  • 1990: O Eleito do Sol - Edição Sonacor EP - Grafedito - Praia
  • 1998: Poemas - Ilhéu Editora - Mindelo
  • 2006: MITOgrafias - Portuguese Cultural Center - Praia and Mindelo - novel
  • 2009: O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho - Caminho Publishers, Lisbon - poems
  • 2013: O Brumário
  • Derivações do Brumário, 2013
  • Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário, 2014