Claridade

Cabo Verdean journal

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Claridade was a significant literary journal in Cape Verde, founded in the 1930s by poets such as Jorge Barbosa, Baltazar Lopes, and Manuel Lopes. It was published nine times between 1936 and 1960 and profoundly influenced modern Cape Verdean literature. The journal explored themes of cultural isolation, the harsh realities of life on the drought-stricken islands, and the complex relationship between African and European identities. Claridade marked a pivotal moment, ushering in a new era of literary expression for Cape Verde.12

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- Cabo Verde
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  …and 1960 the cultural magazine Claridade (“Clarity”) was the centre of an artistic movement that marked a break with Portuguese literary traditions and established a Cabo Verdean identity. Baltasar Lopes da Silva, who used the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara for his poetry, and Eugénio Tavares are key figures from this period.…
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  …and 1960 the cultural magazine Claridade (“Clarity”) was the centre of an artistic movement that marked a break with Portuguese literary traditions and established a Cabo Verdean identity. Baltasar Lopes da Silva, who used the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara for his poetry, and Eugénio Tavares are key figures from this period.…
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- African literature
  Portuguese
  …was a literary revolution when Claridade (“Clarity”), a literary review, appeared. It was published nine times between 1936 and 1960 and had a considerable influence. A number of so-called Claridade poets emerged, deepening the tension between Africa and Europe; Jorge Barbosa, who was among the founders of Claridade, was one…
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  …was a literary revolution when Claridade (“Clarity”), a literary review, appeared. It was published nine times between 1936 and 1960 and had a considerable influence. A number of so-called Claridade poets emerged, deepening the tension between Africa and Europe; Jorge Barbosa, who was among the founders of Claridade, was one…
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Jorge Barbosa
…founders of the literary journal Claridade (“Clarity”) in the 1930s, which marked the beginning of modern Cape Verdean literature. His poetry was published as Arquipélago (1935), Ambiente (1941; “The Circle”), and Caderno de um Ilhéu (1956; “An Islander’s Notebook”).
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…founders of the literary journal Claridade (“Clarity”) in the 1930s, which marked the beginning of modern Cape Verdean literature. His poetry was published as Arquipélago (1935), Ambiente (1941; “The Circle”), and Caderno de um Ilhéu (1956; “An Islander’s Notebook”).
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Manuel Lopes
…the founders of the journal Claridade, which in 1936 gave birth to modern Cape Verdean literature. Lopes’s story “O galo que cantou na baía” (1936; “The Cock That Crowed in the Bay”) is the first prose narrative in Cape Verde rooted in a social reality that includes traditional folk elements.…
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…the founders of the journal Claridade, which in 1936 gave birth to modern Cape Verdean literature. Lopes’s story “O galo que cantou na baía” (1936; “The Cock That Crowed in the Bay”) is the first prose narrative in Cape Verde rooted in a social reality that includes traditional folk elements.…
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