Oswaldo Osório is a literary pseudonym of Osváldo Alcântara Medina Custódio, Capeverdean writer and poet who was born in 1937 in Mindelo, São Vicente Island. Along his literary activity, he performed many different professional duties. He was the president of Syndicate Union and, in the area of culture, he was the director of the cultural journal Seló of which he was one of the co-funders. Due to his political activity during the Salazar regime in Portugal, he was imprisoned twice. His poems were published in many anthologies in Cape Verde and abroad. Among his work one can find Caboverdeamadamente Construção Meu Amor (Caboverdeamadamente Construction My Love 1975), O Cântico do Habitante: precedido de 2 gestas (The Song of the Inhabitant: Preceded by 2 Epic Poems 1977), Clar(a)idade assombrada (Clarity/Clear Age ...

Germano Almeida, born in 1945 on Boavista Island, is a Capeverdian writer, journalist and advocate. He was awarded a degree in law by the University of Lisbon and now lives and practices advocacy in Mindelo, São Vicente Island. An important figure of Capeverdian culture, he was one of the founders of the magazine “Ponto & Vírgula” (with Leão Lopes and Rui Figueiredo), newspaper “Aguaviva” and the publishing house Ilhéu Editora. He collaborates as well with the Portuguese newspaper “Público”. His work is translated into several foreign languages. By now he published O Dia das Calças Roladas (The Day of Rolled Up Pants,1982), O Meu Poeta (My Poet,1989), O Testamento do Sr. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo (The Last Will of Mr. Napomuceno da Silva Araújo, 1991), Estórias de Dentro ...

Margarida Fontes was born in São Filipe, Island of Fogo on 30th of September 1975. She is a Capeverdian TV journalist and poet. She got a degree in Communication by Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. She works for the Capeverdian TV and was director of the institution. She is a journalist in the Information Department and produces cultural documentaries. She is the author of the documentary series Monumentos e Sítios (Monuments and Places) and produced and presented the series Claridade Incandescente (Incandescent Clarity) about modern literature in Cape Verde. In 2014 she published her first book of poetry De Lírios.