Manuel de Novas

Manuel de Novas
Born	February 24, 1938 Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Died	28 September 2009 (aged 71)
Other names	Manuel d Novas
Occupation	poet, composer

Manuel d' Novas (February 24, 1938 — September 28, 2009) was a Cape Verdean poet and composer.

Born Manuel Jesus Lopes on the island of Santo Antão, he became one of the most important poets and composers of Cape Verde. His music is known all over the world, through performers like Cesária Évora, Bana and others. He lived in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. He took part in the 2003 Baía das Gatas Music Festival.^[1] Manuel died on September 28, 2009, from a stroke he suffered for three years that started in Portugal,^[2] after staying at the hospital named Baptista de Sousa for about a week.^[3] He was buried later in Mindelo.^[4]

Some famous poems in crioul

• Apocalipse
• Nôs raça, D. Ana, Cumpade Cizóne, Ess Pais
• Tudo tem se limite, Cumpade Ciznone
• Lamento d'um emigrante
• Biografia d’ um criol
• Lisboa, capital di sôdade (done with Rui Machado)
• Morna Morna:
  • Stranger ê um Ilusão
• Morna-Coladeira:
  • Psú nhondenga, Cmé catchorr, Morte d'um Tchuc

Discography

Recordings

• "Cumpade Ciznone" by Cesária Évora in the album Miss Perfumado (1992)
• "Direito Di Nasce" by Cesária Évora in the album Miss Perfumado (1992)
• "Vida Tem Um So Vida" by Cesária Évora in the album Miss Perfumado (1992), together with Dany Mariano
• "Barbincor" by Cesária Évora in the album Miss Perfumado (1992)
• "Ess Pais" by Cesária Évora in the album Cabo Verde (1997), based on his poem "Quem ca conchê Mindelo, Ca conché Cabo-Verde"

Adaptations by other artists

• “Biografia d’ um criol’” (1979) in the album Djonsinho Cabral by the band Os Tubarões
• "C’mê catchorr’” (1986) in the album Lamento de um Emigrante by Manecas Matos

References

1. "Homenagem a Manuel de Novas na Baía das Gatas" [Hommage to Manuel de Novas at Baía das Gatas] (in Portuguese). Cabo Verde Online. August 2003.
2. S. Vicente: Compositor Manuel d’ Novas faleceu esta madrugada - Inforpress/Sapo.cv (Portuguese)
3. Visao News - São Vicente: Músico Manuel d´Novas sofre mal-estar e é hospitalizado (Portuguese)
4. "Funeral de Manel d'Novas hoje à tarde no Mindelo". dn.sapo.pt (in Portuguese).

Literature

• César Augusto Monteiro: Manel d'Novas: Musica, Vida, Caboverdianidade (2003)

External links

• Apocalipse and Ess Pais
• Cumpade Ciznone
• Traduction Acopalipse
• Tudo tem se limite
• Quem ca conchê Mindelo, Ca conché Cabo-Verde