Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (Santo Antão, Cabo Verde, 10 June 1922 - Brasil, 22 January 2010) was a bilingual poet, novelist, and folklorist who has written in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 and the Capeverdean Crioulo

Crioulo

The Portuguese word crioulo may refer to:* In Brazil, a person of African ancestry* A creole language, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages...

 of Santo Antão.

Born on the Capeverdean

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

 island of Santo Antão, he prefers to refer to the Capeverdean language as "língua cabo-verdiana". Romano lived in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 since 1962.

Publications

• Famintos (1962, novel in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
  )
• Clima (1963): Poems in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
  , Crioulo
  Crioulo
  The Portuguese word crioulo may refer to:* In Brazil, a person of African ancestry* A creole language, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages...
  
   and in French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
  
• Cabo Verde-Renascença de uma civilização no Atlântico médio (1967): Collection of poems and short-stories in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
   and Crioulo
  Crioulo
  The Portuguese word crioulo may refer to:* In Brazil, a person of African ancestry* A creole language, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages...
  
  .
• Negrume/Lzimparin (1973): Short-stories in Crioulo
  Crioulo
  The Portuguese word crioulo may refer to:* In Brazil, a person of African ancestry* A creole language, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages...
  
   with translations in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
  
• Ilha (1991): Shortstories from "Europafrica" and "Brasilamerica"; in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
  Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
  
   and partially in Crioulo
  Crioulo
  The Portuguese word crioulo may refer to:* In Brazil, a person of African ancestry* A creole language, especially one of the Portuguese-based creole languages...
  
  )
• Kriolanda - Estigmas, 1999, São Vicente
• Kabverd Civilização e Cultura, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

Short-Stories

• "Nho Zidôr" (in Ilha), "Pasaport Kabverd" (in Ilha), "Daluz" (in Negrume), "Tánha" (in Negrume), "Destino" (in Negrume), "Estórias de Tipêde i Tilôbe" (in Cabo Verde-Renascença de uma civilização...)

External links

• Ti Lobo e Ti Pedro – Crioulo of Santo Antão
• Poems
• Luís Romano (in Portuguese)

Footnotes