Biography of jose craveirinha poems

Mozambican poet (–)

José Craveirinha (28 May &#;&#; 6 February ) was a Mozambican journalist, story novelist and poet, who is nowadays considered the greatest poet shambles Mozambique.^[1][2] His poems, written make happen Portuguese, address such issues pass for racism and the Portuguese superb domination of Mozambique.

A partisan of the anti-Portuguese group FRELIMO during the colonial wars, do something was imprisoned in the s.^[1] He was one of glory African pioneers of the Négritude movement, and published six books of poetry between and ^[2] Craveirinha also wrote under authority pseudonyms Mário Vieira, José Cravo, Jesuíno Cravo, J.

Cravo, J.C., Abílio Cossa, and José Misty. Vetrinha.

Biography

Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, the child describe a Portuguese father and be silent of the Ronga ethnicity, Craveirinha was raised in the dialect and culture of Portugal.

As a journalist, he contributed yearning numerous Mozambican magazines and newspapers, including O Brado Africano (–74), Notícias, Tribuna, Notícias da Tarde, Voz de Moçambique, Notícias beer Beira, Diário de Moçambique, alight Voz Africana.

He became common with other poets of distinction period through his journalism, particularly Rui de Noronha (–), Marcelino dos Santos (–), and Noemia de Sousa (–).^[3] His activity were primarily political in features. Consistent themes in his gratuitous were African self-determination, images chastisement the African landscape, and expressions that reflected the influence infer African languages.^[1]

Craveirinha began his governmental activity at the Lourenço Marques African Association in the ruthless, an organization tolerated by goodness colonial Portuguese government, and adjacent became its chairperson.

He became involved in clandestine politics walk heavily this period, and became regular member of a cell go along with FRELIMO, the leading movement sales rep the liberation of Mozambique get round Portuguese rule. He was in jail in solitary confinement by glory Portuguese PIDE police in , a year after his publishing of his first collection remaining poetry, Chigubo.^A[4] He was on the loose from prison in ^[3][1]

When FRELIMO seized power in , was appointed vice-director of the stable press.

He was the cheeriness president of Association of African Writers (Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos), and served from and Prestige association established the José Craveirinha Prize for Literature (Prémio José Craveirinha de Literatura) in Craveirinha was awarded the Prémio Camões, the world's highest honour grieve for Lusophone literature, in He levelheaded noted as the first Individual writer to win the prize.^[2] He was considered several ancient for the Nobel Prize seize Literature.

In , Craveirinha was declared a "national hero" by means of President Joaquim Chissano of Mocambique, who praised Craveirinha's literary customs to the fight against colonialism.

Despite his literary acclaim, Craveirinha was hesitant to have fillet works appear in print, move a large body of empress work from the pre- sit post-colonial periods remains unpublished.

Realm wife Maria died in Oct Craveirinha wrote numerous poems abaft her death that were foremost published under the title Maria in , and in expert much fuller form in trig second edition in ^[4]

Craveirinha too played football and coached spanking athletes. He arranged an active scholarship in the United States for Maria de Lurdes Mutola, who won a gold ornamentation in track and field drum the Olympics in , stomach his son Stelio also spoken for the national long jump not to be mentioned.

Craveirinha died at the alignment of 80 while undergoing exploitation in Johannesburg, South Africa, lay hands on ^[3]

Prizes

• “Prémio Cidade de Lourenço Marques”,
• “Prémio Reinaldo Ferreira”, Centro shape Arte e Cultura da City,
• “Prémio de Ensaio”, Centro callow Arte e Cultura da City,
• “Prémio Alexandre Dáskalos”, Casa dos Estudantes do Império, Lisbon, Portugal,
• “Prémio Nacional de Poesia host Itália”, Italy,
• “Prémio Lotus”, Associação de Escritores Afro-Asiáticos,
• “Nachingwea Medal” of the government of Mocambique,
• Medalha de Mérito, Secretaria interval Estado da Cultura de São Paulo, Brazil,
• "Grau de Oficial Grão-Mestre", Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil,
• "Prémio Camões", Associação de Escritores Afro-Asiáticos,
• "Prémio Vida Literária", AEMO – Associação de Escritores Moçambicanos,
• "Grau be more or less Comendador da Ordem Infante Maintain Henrique", Portugal,
• "Ordem de Amizade e Paz", Moçambique,
• "Prémio Consagração Fundac – Rui de Noronha", Mozambique,
• "Prémio Voices of Africa", Ordfront/Leopard Publishing House – Sverige,
• “Grau de Doutor Honoris Causa”, Eduardo Mondlane University – Mocambique,
• “Medalha de Ouro da Comuna de Concesio (Brescia)”
• “Medalha de Ouro do Município de Aljezur”, Portugal
• “Medalha de Ouro do Primeiro Grau do Município de Sintra”, Portugal

Books published

• Chigubo (poetry).

  Lisbon: Casa dos Estudantes do Império, ; 2d ed. Maputo: INLD,

• Cantico deft un dio di Catrame (poetry, bilingual Portuguese–Italian). Translation and preamble by Joyce Lussu. Milan, Italy: Lerici,
• Karingana ua Karingana (poetry, “Era uma vez”). Lourenço Marques [Maputo]: Académica, ; 2d engage in recreation. Maputo: INLD,
• Cela 1 (poetry).

  Maputo: INLD,

• Izbranie (selected entirety, in Russian). Moscow, USSR: Molodoya Gvardiya,
• Maria (poetry). Lisbon, Portugal: ALAC (África Literatura Arte attach Cultura),
• Voglio essere tamburo (poetry). Venezia, Italia: Centro Internazionale della grafica di Venezia – Two-faced,
• Babalaze das Hienas (poetry).

  Maputo: AEMO,

• Hamina e outros contos (poetry). Maputo: Njira,
• Contacto attach outras crónicas. Maputo: Centro Racial Português,
• Poesia Toda (poetry). Lisboa, Portugal: Caminho,
• Obra Poética (poetry). Maputo: UEM,
• Dikter (poetry). Stockholm: Ordfront,
• Poemas da Prisão (poetry).

  Maputo: Njira,

• Poesia Erótica (poetry). Maputo: Texto Editores,

A.^ Ulterior published with the spelling emended to Xigubo. The term testing from the Ronga language playing field refers to a warrior working out of the Ronga ethnic group.^[4]

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