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Almeida, Germano

LC control no.n 96083364
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LC classificationPQ9942.9.A46
Personal name headingAlmeida, Germano
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Variant(s)De Almeida, Germano
Associated countryCabo Verde
Birth date19450731
Place of birthBoa Vista Island (Cabo Verde)
AffiliationUniversidade Classica de Lisboa
Profession or occupationLawyers Novelists Authors and publishers
Found inO Meu Poeta, 1992: t.p. (Germano Almeida) back cover flap (Cape Verdean novelist)
Os dois irmãos, c1995: t.p. (Germano Almeida) back flap (b. 1945 in Boavista, Cape Verde; lawyer, novelist)
Germano de Almeida e a nova escrita cabo-verdiana, 1998: t.p. (Germano de Almeida)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Almeida, Germano de; lawyer, fiction writer; born 31 July 1945 in Boa Vista, Cape Verde; studied law at the Universidade Classica de Lisboa (1972); appointed Cape Verde's attorney general (1976-1979); served as the nation's attorney general; founded the magazine Ponto & Virgula and published his first piece, Estórias (Tales), under the pseudonym Romualdo Cruz (1983); was a partner in the publishing house Ilhéu Editora, through which he released most of his works (1989); co-owner and director of Agaviva, a local newspaper (1991); Cape Verde's President honored him with the medal for literary excellence (2010))
Associated languagepor