Vieira da Cruz, Tomaz

Vieira da Cruz, Tomaz

▪ Portuguese poet, musician and journalist
born April 22, 1900, Constância, Port.
died June 7, 1960, Lisbon

      Portuguese poet, musician, and journalist best known for the poems he dedicated to the woman he called his “bronze flower.” His poetry evokes Angolan and African themes of beauty, drama, love, and misfortune.

      Vieira da Cruz was reared and educated in Portugal, where he became a pharmacist's assistant. This job afforded him time to write poetry, and he was published in several Lisbon periodicals. In 1924 he moved to Angola, where between 1929 and 1931 he edited the journal Mocidade (“Youth”). His first collection of poetry, Quissange, saüdade nêgra, was published in 1932.

      Vieira da Cruz was a pioneer in the literary use of the complex Angolan language; he structured his poetry with African expressions, fusing them with Portuguese rhymes. His best poetry can be found in Quissange and two other collections, Tatuagem (1941) and Cazumbi (1950). Although he remained relatively apolitical during the colonial period, he wrote several poems, such as “O colono,” that defended the Africans whose love and labour built Angolan society.

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