Germano Almeida
Germano Almeida (1945- ), author of five novels, was born in Cape Verde. He studied law in Lisbon, and then in 1989 he founded the publishing house Ilhéu Editora. Mr. Almeida currently lives on the island of Sao Vincente, Cape Verde.
Germano Almeida uses a very sophisticated, humorous, but at the same time melancholic style [and] offers a miniscule inventory of daily life, of the social conventions and habits of Cape Verde … Like the singer Cesaria Evora, Germano Almeida surprised us with the essential richness of this world and with is proximity and vigor.
Germano Almeida (1945- ), author of five novels, was born in Cape Verde. He studied law in Lisbon, and then in 1989 he founded the publishing house Ilhéu Editora. Mr. Almeida currently lives on the island of Sao Vincente, Cape Verde.
Germano Almeida uses a very sophisticated, humorous, but at the same time melancholic style [and] offers a miniscule inventory of daily life, of the social conventions and habits of Cape Verde … Like the singer Cesaria Evora, Germano Almeida surprised us with the essential richness of this world and with is proximity and vigor.