Arménio Vieira

Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾˈmɛniu ɐdɾuˈaldu viˈejɾɐ i ˈsilvɐ]; born January 29, 1941) is a Cape Verdean writer, poet and journalist. He began his activity during the 1960s, collaborated in SELÓ, Boletim de Cabo Verde, Vértice (Coimbra) review, Raízes, Ponto & Vírgula, Fragmentos, Sopinha de Alfabeto and others.

Arménio Vieira
Arménio Vieira at the café Cachito in Praia in 1997.
Born	Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva 29 January 1941 Praia, Cape Verde
Occupation	writer, poet, journalist

Three of his poems— Lisboa (1971), Quiproquo and Ser tigre— can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.[1]

He won the Camões Prize in 2009 on the work O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho.[2]

His poems were celebrated by Mito Elias (also simply as Mito) in Praia and Mindelo in 2011.[3]

He started a series of "versions of books, poetic and miscellaneous notes" in June 2013 with O Brumário, later Derivações do Brumário and recently Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário in 2014.