Manuel Lopes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel Lopes

Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Mindelo, Cape Verde

Date of Death: 25-Jan-2005

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Cape Verde

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Manuel António de Sousa Lopes (December 23, 1907 – January 25, 2005) was a Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist.
With Baltasar Lopes da Silva and Jorge Barbosa he was a founder of the journal Claridade, which contributed to the rise of Cape Verdean literature. Manuel Lopes wrote in Portuguese, using expressions typical for Cape Verdean Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole.
He was one of those responsible for describing world calamities of the droughts that caused several deaths in São Vicente and Santo Antão.