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Manuel Lopes (writer) (Manuel António de Sousa Lopes) was born on 23 December, 1907 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde, is a Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist (1907- 2005). Discover Manuel Lopes (writer)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 98 years old?
| Popular As |
Manuel António de Sousa Lopes |
| Occupation |
novelist, poet, essayist |
| Age |
98 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
23 December, 1907 |
| Birthday |
23 December |
| Birthplace |
Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| Date of death |
2005 |
| Died Place |
Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality |
Cape Verde
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Manuel Lopes (writer) Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Manuel Lopes (writer) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Manuel Lopes (writer) worth at the age of 98 years old? Manuel Lopes (writer)’s income source is mostly from being a successful novelist. He is from Cape Verde. We have estimated Manuel Lopes (writer)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
novelist |
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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.
Manuel Lopes was born on December 23, 1907, in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, which was then a territory of Portugal.
He moved to Coimbra in mainland Portugal to attend secondary school.
At the age of 16, he returned to São Vicente and started working at an English company that exploited a transatlantic telegraph cable.
Aged 23, he started working for a similar Italian company, but he lost his job due to the Second World War and settled on his farm on the island of Santo Antão.
His first work was Monography of Regional Descriptions, which was published in 1932.
In 1944, back in service at his first employer, he transferred to the island of Faial in the Azores.
After eleven years on Faial, he moved to mainland Portugal.
Paul was also published in the same year, and other works include Poems de Quem Ficou in 1949, Cape Verdean Themes in 1950, Creole and Other Poems in 1964, Personagens de Ficção e os seus Modelos in 1971 and an anthological poem Falucho Ancorado in 1997.
His first novel was Chuva Braba, published in 1956, which won the Fernão Mendes Pinto Award.
Next was O galo que cantou da baía, which won another Mendes Pinto Award, and the novel Os Flagelados do Vento Leste, which was adapted into a film directed by António Faria in 1987, in the late 1990s, and was awarded the Prémio Meio Milénio do Achamento de Cabo Verde.
His poem "Naufrágio" can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.
A street is named for him in the city of Praia in the neighborhood of Craveiro Lopes.
The stream in the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde named Ribeira Manuel Lopes is not the same etymology it is named after another Manuel Lopes.
Here is a list of works by Manuel Lopes:
He died in Lisbon in 2005 at the age of 97.
