Baltasar Lopes da Silva
Cape Verdean writer (1907-1989) · Cape Verde · On the map · Writers · Died at 82
Baltasar Lopes da Silva was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of Claridade.
Baltasar Lopes da Silva is read about 12 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 141 days, one point a day.
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About this person
In 1947 he published Chiquinho, considered the greatest Cape Verdean novel and O dialecto crioulo de Cabo Verde which describes different dialects of creoles of Cape Verde. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara.
Country
Cape Verde
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1989 · aged 82
