Chiquinho (novel)

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First edition (publ. Edições Claridade)

Chiquinho is a Capeverdean novel written by Baltasar Lopes da Silva in 1936 and published in 1947. The probability of the literary work is the most common in Cape Verde, it marked the beginning of the typical literature in Cape Verde along with local themes in Creole culture. Along with Claridade, Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.

The development of the novel began in the 1930, cultural material were developed up to 1936 and featured other Cape Verdean writers including (Nhô Chi’Ana, Nhô João Joana, Nhô Loca, Sr. Euclides Varanda, Chico Zepa, Manuel de Brito “Parafuso”, José Lima, etc..

References

Carling, Jørgen. 2004. Emigration, return and development in Cape Verde: the impact of closing borders. Population, Space and Place 10(2): p. 113-132.
Carvalho, Alberto. 1989. De Baltasar Lopes, a Obra e o Homem. (Baltasar Lopes, Work and Men) Revista ICALP, vols. 16 e 17, June-September 1989, p. 245-252.

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