José Craveirinha

José Craveirinha ( born May 28, 1922 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, † February 6, 2003 in Maputo ) is regarded as the greatest poet of his country.

Child of a Portuguese father and an African mother from the Ronga ethnic group, Craveirinha grew up in the language and culture of Portugal. His poems, written in Portuguese, treat topics such as racism and the Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique. He was one of the pioneers of Africa's negritude movement.

As a journalist Craveirinha wrote articles for a number magazines and newspapers, including O Brado Africano, Notícias, Tribuna, Notícias da Tarde, Voz de Moçambique, Notícias da Beira, Diário de Moçambique and Voz Africana. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Mário Vieira, José Cravo, Jesuíno Cravo, J. Cravo, JC and Abílio Cossa.

Craveirinha also played football and coached other athletes. Maria de Lurdes Mutola For he arranged a scholarship athletes in the U.S., she won a gold medal in the 400 - meter hurdles at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and his son Stelio held the national record in long jump.

Because of his membership in a cell of FRELIMO, the Mosambikischen Liberation Front, he was held by the secret service PIDE of the Portuguese fascist regime from 1965 to 1969 in solitary confinement. When FRELIMO came to power in 1974, Craveirinha was freed from prison and appointed Assistant Director of the national press.

Craveirinha in 1991 awarded the Portuguese Prémio Camões, the greatest honor for Lusophone literature. Several times he was for the Nobel Prize in Literature in conversation.

2003 Craveirinha was declared by President Joaquim Chissano to a " national hero " and he emphasized Craveirinhas contribution in the fight against colonialism.

Awards

  • " Cidade de Lourenço Marques Prémio ", 1959
  • " Prémio Reinaldo Ferreira ," Centro de Arte e Cultura da Beira, 1961
  • " Prémio de Ensaio " Centro de Arte e Cultura da Beira, 1961
  • " Prémio Alexandre daskalos " Casa dos Estudantes do Império, Lisbon, Portugal, 1962
  • " Prémio Nacional de Poesia de Itália ", Italy, 1975
  • " Prémio Lotus " Associação de Escritores African- Asiáticos, 1983
  • " Nachingwea " Medal of the Government of Mozambique, 1985
  • " Medalha de Mérito " Secretaria de Estado da Cultura de São Paulo, Brazil, 1987
  • " Grau de Oficial Grão -Mestre " Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, 1990
  • " Prémio Camões " Associação de Escritores African- Asiáticos, 1991
  • " Prémio Vida Literaria ", AEMO Associação de Escritores Moçambicanos, 1997
  • " Grau de Comendador da Ordem Infante Dom Henrique ", Portugal, 1997
  • " Ordem de Amizade e Paz ", Mozambique, 1997
  • " Prémio Consagração Fundac - Rui de Noronha ", Mozambique, 1999
  • " Prémio Voices of Africa ", Ordfront / Leopard Publishing House, Sweden, 2002
  • " Grau de doutor Honoris Causa ", Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique, 2002
  • " Medalha de Ouro da Comuna de Concesio (Brescia) "
  • " Medalha de Ouro do Municipio de Aljezur ", Portugal
  • " Medalha de Ouro do Primeiro Grau do Municipio de Sintra ", Portugal

Works

  • Chigubo ( poetry). Lisbon: Casa dos Estudantes do Império, 1964; 2nd edition Maputo: INLD, 1980.
  • Canticle a un dio di Catrame ( poetry, bilingual Portuguese- Italian). Translation and foreword by Joyce Lussu. Milan, Italy: Lerici, 1966.
  • Karingana among others karingana ( poems, "Era uma vez "). Lourenço Marques [ Maputo ]: Académica, 1974; 2nd edition Maputo: INLD, 1982.
  • Cela 1 ( poems). Maputo: INLD, 1980.
  • Izbranie ( Selected Works, in Russian). Moscow, USSR: Molodoya Gvardiya, 1984.
  • Maria ( poetry). Lisbon, Portugal: ALAC ( África Literatura e Arte Cultura ), 1988.
  • Voglio essere tamburo ( poems). Venice, Italy: Centro Internazionale della grafica di Venezia, Coop, 1991.
  • Babalaze the Hienas ( poetry). Maputo: AEMO, 1997.
  • Hamina e outros contos ( poetry). Maputo: Njira, 1997.
  • Contacto e outras Crónicas. Maputo: Centro Cultural Português, 1999
  • Toda Poesia ( Poetry ). Lisbon, Portugal: Caminho, 2000.
  • Obra Poética ( poetry). Maputo: UEM, 2002.
  • Dikter ( poetry). Stockholm: Ordfront, 2002.
  • Poemas because Prisão ( poetry). Maputo: Njira, 2003.
  • Erótica Poesia ( Poetry ). Maputo: Texto Editores, 2004.
  • Author
  • Literature ( Mozambique)
  • Literature ( Portuguese)
  • Artist (Mozambique )
  • Carrier of Prémio Camões
  • Of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique ( Commendatore )
  • Of the Order of the Southern Cross
  • Born in 1922
  • Died in 2003
  • Man
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