Arménio Vieira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Arménio Vieira

Cape Verdean journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1941

Place of Birth: Praia, Cape Verde

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Cape Verde

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Arménio Adroaldo Vieira e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [??'m?niu ?d?u'aldu vi'ej?? i 'silv?]; born January 29, 1941 in Praia, Cape Verde) 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. 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.He won the Camões Prize in 2009 on the work O Poema, a Viagem, o Sonho.His poems were celebrated by Mito Elias (also simply as Mito) in Praia and Mindelo in 2011.He started a series of "versions of books, poetic and miscellaneous notes" on June 2013 with O Brumário, later Derivações do Brumário and recently Fantasmas e Fantasias do Brumário in 2014.