João Vário
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João Vário (June 7, 1937 in Mindelo on São Vicente Island, Cape Verde – August 7, 2007 in Mindelo on Island, Cape Verde) was a Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon, scientist and professor.[1][2] The name was a pseudonym of João Manuel Varela. Other aliases included Timóteo Tio Tiofe and G. T. Didial.
João Vário | |
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| Born | 7 June 1937 Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| Died | 7 September 2007 (aged 70) Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| Occupations | writer, neurosurgeon, scientist, professor |
He studied medicine in the universities of Coimbra and Lisbon. He earned a doctorate from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. He was a researcher and professor of neuropathology and neurobiology. He returned to his native Mindelo where he lived until his death.[3]
He also wrote several poems. He was influenced by writers such as Saint-John Perse, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Aimé Césaire.[citation needed]
Works
- Exemplos 1-9 (Examples 1-9), volume that included General Example (Exemplo Geral), Relative Example (Exemplo Relativo), Dubious Example (Exemplo Dúbio) and Propriate Example (Exemplo Próprio)
- Cadernos de Notcha, under the pseudonym Timóteo Tio Tiofe
- Contos da Macaronésia (Tales From Macaronesia)
- The State Impenitene On Fragility (O Estado impenitente da Fragilidade) under the pseudonym G. T. Didial
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