Ovídio Martins

Ovídio de Sousa Martins (September 17, 1928 in Mindelo, São Vicente – April 29, 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a famous Cape Verdean poet and journalist. He attended high school in his home country, he went to pursue studies in Portugal^[1] and did not achieve studies due to health reasons.^[2] He was one of the founders of the Cultural Supplement Bulletin of Cape Verde in 1958.^[1] He lived in exile in the Netherlands due to his pro-independence activities in his native land and produced 100 poems there.

His poem Flagelados do vento leste and Comunhão can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias^[3]

Works

Books

• Caminhada, 1962 – Poemas
• 100 Poemas - Gritarei, Berrarei, Matarei - Não ou para pasárgada, 1973 (Poems in Portuguese and in the creole of São Vicente)
• Tchutchinha, 1962

Poems

Poems in the creole of São Vicente:

• Liberdade, Nôs morte, Hora nô ta bá junte, Cantá nha pove, Cretcheu, Um spada na mon, Comparaçon, Consciénça, Um r’bêra pa mar, Dstine, Ma de canal, Pescador, Cantáme.

Poems in Portuguese:

• Mindelo, Terra dos meus amores, Caboverdianamente, Minha dor, Seca, Flagelados do vento-leste,^[4] Comunhão.

Notes

1. Lobban and Saucier, p. 146
2. "Na Morte de Ovídio Martins" [The Death of Ovídio Martins] (PDF). Poeta e militante Cabo-Verdiano.
3. "Objectos do quotidiano de Cabo Verde mostram-se em Lisboa na "Casa Fernando Pessoa". A Semana. 25 June 2007.
4. Para Além do Desespero

Bibliography

• Richard Lobban and Paul Khalil Saucier, "Ovidio Martins" in Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Lanham, Md; Toronto; Plymouth, UK, Scarecrow Press, 2007, p. 146 ISBN 9780810849068

External links

• (Portuguese) Victorian.fortunecity.com
• Secrel.com.br
• (Portuguese) A Poesia de Ovídio Martins (Poems by Ovídio Martins)
• "Ovídio Martins, o poeta-profeta, faria 83 anos a 17 de Setembro" Expresso das Ilhas, September 16, 2011