Vera Valentina Benrós de Melo Duarte Lobo de Pina

プロフィール

性別: 女性
生誕: 1952-10-02 （Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde）
国籍: Cape Verdean
言語: Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
居住地歴: Mindelo (São Vicente) → Lisbon, Portugal → Praia, Cape Verde

経歴

職業: poet, human rights activist, government minister, politician, counsellor judge
活動期間: 1975年〜
所属: Lisbon Forum (founding member), National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship of Cape Verde (co-founder & chair), Ministry of Education, Cape Verde (minister)
所属団体: Lisbon Forum

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
University of Lisbon	—	Law	—	—	Portugal

University of Lisbon

Law

国: Portugal

Studied abroad in Portugal. Details of degree and enrollment period not specified.

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1995	North–South Prize (inaugural)	—	—	North–South Centre of the Council of Europe	winner
2001	Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry	—	詩	organizing body unknown	winner

North–South Prize (inaugural)

1995

主催: North–South Centre of the Council of Europe

結果: winner

Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry

2001

部門: 詩

主催: organizing body unknown

結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry 1回登壇

第7回（2001年） Winner

作品

代表作

Amanhã amadrugada

1993年 Poetry

Early poetry collection exploring islands, memory, and the passage of time in lyrical verse.

islandsmemorytime

O arquipélago da paixão

2001年 Poetry

A collection of poems about love, nostalgia, and identity; among the works that contributed to her recognition for the U Tam'si prize.

lovenostalgiaidentity

Preces e súplicas ou os cânticos da desesperança

2005年 Poetry

A weightier poetry collection engaging social and political questions, depicting intersections of despair and hope.

societypoliticshope and despair

Exercícios poéticos

2010年 Poetry

A collection showcasing experimental aspects of poetry, emphasizing form and linguistic play.

experimentationlanguageform

A reinvenção do mar

2018年 Poetry

A recent collection themed around the sea, migration, and the diaspora, weaving symbolic images of the sea throughout.

seamigrationdiaspora

A candidata

2003年 Novel

A novel exploring the relationship between politics and the individual, focusing on the intersection of public roles and private life.

politicspowerindividual

A matriarca – uma estória de mestiçagens

2017年 Novel

A work that depicts intersections of generations and cultures through a family history and stories of mestizaje.

familymestizajeculture

A Vénus Crioula

2021年 Novel

A recent novel questioning concepts of femininity, ethnicity, and beauty.

femininityethnicitybeauty

Construindo a utopia

2007年 Essay

An essay collection discussing society, education, and the idea of ideal societies.

social theoryeducationutopia

全著作

Amanhã amadrugada (1993)
O arquipélago da paixão (2001)
Preces e súplicas ou os cânticos da desesperança (2005)
Exercícios poéticos (2010)
A reinvenção do mar (2018)
A candidata (2003)
A matriarca – uma estória de mestiçagens (2017)
A Vénus Crioula (2021)
Construindo a utopia (2007)

作風・主題

文体: lyrical and symbolic poetic styleaddresses socio-political issuesemploys linguistic play and formal experimentation
頻出モチーフ: seaislandsmemoryidentitydiaspora

評価・遺産

Vera Duarte is a leading Cape Verdean poet and human rights activist. She was an inaugural recipient of the North–South Prize in 1995 and is the only Cape Verdean to have won the Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry (2001). Having served in the judiciary and government — including as Minister of Education — she has had significant cultural and political influence.

豆知識

In 1995 she was one of the inaugural recipients of the North–South Prize (shared with Peter Gabriel).
In 2001 she won the Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry and remains the only Cape Verdean to have done so.
Co-founded and chaired the National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship of Cape Verde.
Served as a counsellor judge at the Supreme Court, advisor to the President, and later as Minister of Education.