Luís Romano de Madeira Melo
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Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (born 10 June 1922) is a bilingual poet, novelist, and folklorist who writes in Portuguese and the Capeverdean Crioulo of Santo Antão.
Born on the Capeverdean island of Santo Antão, he prefers to refer to the Capeverdean language as "língua cabo-verdiana". Romano has lived in Brazil since 1962.
[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)
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