Baltasar Lopes da Silva (Caleijão São Nicolau 23 April 1907 – São Vicente 28 May 1989) was a writer poet and linguist from Cape Verde who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa he was the founder of Claridade. In 1947 he published Chiquinho considered the greatest Cape Verdean novel. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara.
birth date
1907-04-23
birth place
São Nicolau Cape Verde, Caleijão
death date
1989-05-28
death place
São Vicente Cape Verde, Cape Verde
era
20th-century philosophy
main interest
Ethics, Justice, Love, Politics, Philosophy, Human nature
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