&sq=&lang=&file=File:ChiquinhoNovel.jpg) First edition (publ. Edições Claridade) | |
| Author | Baltasar Lopes da Silva |
|---|---|
| Language | Portuguese |
| Publisher | Claridade |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Publication place | Cape Verde |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 298 |
Chiquinho is a Capeverdean novel written by Baltasar Lopes da Silva in 1936 and published in 1947. The story is named after the nickname of the island of São Nicolau in which the characters originated. The probability of the literary work is the most common in Cape Verde, it marked the beginning of the typical literature in Cape Verde along with local themes in Creole culture. Along with Claridade, Baltazar Lopes participated with Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa with founded members of the review and the name was the movement in the main activists of the same.
The development of the novel began in the 1930, cultural material were developed up to 1936 and featured other Cape Verdean writers including (Nhô Chi’Ana, Nhô João Joana, Nhô Loca, Sr. Euclides Varanda, Chico Zepa, Manuel de Brito “Parafuso”, José Lima, etc. The remainder were done from 1938 and was finished in 1941 in Lisbon, six years later, it was published in Portugal.[1] It was later published in Cape Verde and it was popular mainly after independence.
The book was dedicated in memory of the greatest philologist Leite de Vasconcelos, the author's professor[2]