Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (born 1907)

Manuel Lopes (writer)

Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist (1907- 2005)

Manuel António de Sousa Lopes was a Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist. With Baltasar Lopes da Silva and Jorge Barbosa he was a founder of the journal Claridade, which contributed to the rise of Cape Verdean literature. Manuel Lopes wrote in Portuguese, using expressions…