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Transition cluster

Poem entitled "Kretxeu" from book of poems by Kaká Barboza (Carlos Alberto Barbosa)

Short story entitled "O Cacho de Dendém" from book of short stories by Fátima Bettencourt

Short story entitled "Conto No. 11" from a collection of short stories by G. T. Didial (João Manuel Varela)

Poem entitled "O poema primordial" by Vera Duarte

Poem entitled " hesperitanas " from book of poems by Filinto Elísio

Poem entitled "À Cidade da Praia" by Jorge Carlos Fonseca

Poem entitled "Raízes" by José Luís Hopffer Almada

Poem entitled "3 pedaços despenhados de Deus e o amor" and poem entitled "nu de portinari" by Oswaldo Osório

Short story entitled "Liberdade Adiada" from book of short stories by Dina Salústio

Short story/fable from collection of short stories by Tomé Varela da Silva

Short story entitled "VI" from collection of short stories by Mário Lúcio Sousa

Poem entitled "Crítica da Razão Poética" by José Luiz Tavares

Poem entitled "Bati com a Porta atrás de mim" from a collection of poems by Valentinous Velhinho

Poem entitled "Mulheres" from collection of poetry by Arménio Vieira

Artwork by Fátima Almeida

Artwork by Nela Barbosa

Artwork by Bela Duarte

Artwork by David Levy Lima

Artwork by Leão Lopes

Artwork by Misá

Artwork by Paulo Rosa

Selection

Piece: Poem entitled "3 pedaços despenhados de Deus e o amor" and poem entitled "nu de portinari"

Author: Oswaldo Osório

Book title: Os loucos poemas de amor e outras estações inacabadas

Publisher: Artiletra

City: Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde

Year: 1997

Translated from the Portuguese into English by: Ellen Sapega

Author biography

Oswaldo Osório, a native of the island of São Vicente, currently lives in Praia. In the past, he worked as an executive in the Cape Verdean National Radio station, where he developed several cultural programs, and also in the Direction-General for Culture and the Cape Verdean Institute of Book and Disc as an editorial director. He is one of the founders of the Association of Cape Verdean Writers. Poet, short story author, dramaturg, and essayist, he has published widely both in Cape Verde and abroad. Other publications include: Caboverdeamadamente construção meu amor, Cantigas de trabalho (tradições orais), and Poemas de passagem do século e do milénio: ano 2000.

Translator biography

Professor Ellen Sapega of the University of Wisconsin-Madison specializes in 20th century Portuguese literature and culture. Her publications include articles and book chapters on Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, memory, visual culture and commemoration since the late 19th century, and the contemporary Portuguese novel. She is the author of Ficções Modernistas: Um Estudo da Obra em Prosa de José de Almada Negreiros (Lisboa: Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa) and Consensus and Debate in Salazar's Portugal: Visual and Literary Negotiations of the National Text (Forthcoming-Penn State UP). Professor Sapega is currently at work on a project that examines cultural productions of the Cape Verdean diaspora in Europe and the U.S. She is also the co-editor of the Luso-Brazilian Review.