Pedro Cardoso
Born13 September 1890
Fogo, Portuguese Cape Verde
Died31 October 1942 (1942-11-01) (aged 52)
Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
Occupation(s)writer, poet, folklorist

Pedro Monteiro Cardoso (13 September 1890 – 31 October 1942) was a Cape Verdean writer, poet and folklorist.

Biography

He was born in 1889 on the island of Fogo. Some sources stated his nationality was a Portuguese Guinean (now Bissau Guinean or Guinea-Bissauan)

He was influenced with one of the earliest recorded writers of colonial Cape Verde especially poets including Eugénio Tavares and others including José Lopes da Silva of São Nicolau.

He later moved to the colonial (now national) capital Praia where he wrote several books and poems especially of the classical-romantic related themes.[1] In 1933, he published a work related to Cape Verdean folklore titled Folclore Caboverdiano which included traditional stories and music. His works would later be influenced in other works including poetry and short stories, these also appeared in the magazine-review Claridade published from 1936 to 1960.

He died in the colonial capital Praia in 1942 at the age of 53, the cause was unknown but was probably cancer.

Legacy

His poem "Nha Codê" was made into song by the music group Simentera in the album Raiz (1992)

Selected works

  • Folclore Caboverdiano [Cape Verdean Folklore] (1933)
  • Selected works in O Manduco
  • "Nha Codê"
  • Claridade - selected works in the magazine

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Pedro M. Cardoso (1890-1942). Poeta e Jornalista Foguense" [Pedro M. Cardoso (1890-1942), Foguian Poet and Journalist] (in Portuguese). Fogo Island Portal (Portal da Ilha do Fogo).

References

  • The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the French Wikipedia (Main Page)

Further reading

  • Manuel Veiga, Insularité et littérature aux îles du Cap-Vert, Karthala, Paris, 1997, p. 116, ISBN 9782865377978
  • Eugénio Tavares, Littératures lusophones des archipels atlantiques : Açores, Madère, Cap-Vert, São Tomé e Príncipe [Lusophony Literature in the Atlantic Archipelagoes: Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe], L'Harmattan, 2009, p. 294 ISBN 978-2-296-07575-7


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