Delirios

poetry by Cordeiro da Matta

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Delírios, published in 1887, is a collection of poems by Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta, an Angolan poet, novelist, and journalist. Cordeiro da Matta was a pioneer in advocating for an indigenous Angolan literature, writing in Portuguese. While many of his manuscripts were lost, Delírios and his collected proverbs and dictionary remain as testaments to his work in preserving Kimbundu culture and tradition. He was part of a literary movement in Angola during the 1880s, contributing to the development of Angolan literary and intellectual life.12

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…Matta, whose book of poetry Delírios (“Delirium”) was published in 1887. A number of newspapers and journals provided possibilities for authors to publish their work in these early years, but this was not a cultivated practice. A novel was serialized in 1929: António de Assis Júnior’s O segredo da morte…
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…Matta, whose book of poetry Delírios (“Delirium”) was published in 1887. A number of newspapers and journals provided possibilities for authors to publish their work in these early years, but this was not a cultivated practice. A novel was serialized in 1929: António de Assis Júnior’s O segredo da morte…
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