João Vário

João Vário
Born (1937-06-07)7 June 1937
Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Died 7 September 2007(2007-09-07) (aged 70)
Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde
Occupation writer, neurosurgeon, scientist, professor

João Vário (June 7, 1937 in Mindelo on São Vicente Island, Cape Verde August 7, 2007 in Mindelo on Island, Cape Verde) was a Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon, scientist and professor.[1][2] The name was a pseudonym of João Manuel Varela. Other aliases included Timóteo Tio Tiofe and G. T. Didial.

He studied medicine in the universities of Coimbra and Lisbon. He earned a doctorate from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. He was a researcher and professor of neuropathology and neurobiology. He returned to his native Mindelo where he lived until his death[3]

He also wrote several poems. He influenced writers such as Saint-John Perse, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Aimé Césaire.

Works

References

  1. Serrano (2007)
  2. Cristóvão 2005, pp. 572–3 s. v. «João Manuel Varela»
  3. "Na morte de João Vário - Exórdio a um poema, por José Luiz Tavares". Expresso das Ilhas. 8 August 2007.

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