Filinto Elísio Correia e Silva was born in 1961 in Praia, Cape Verde. A professional librarian and business manager, he is as well a poet, chronicler and publisher. In the past, he taught in Somerville in the United States of America and was a counselor of the Minister of Culture in Cape Verde. In 2013, together with the Brazilian chronicler Márcia Souto, he founded the publishing house Rosa de Porcelana. He is the author of O Lado de Cá da Rosa (This Side Of the Rose, 1995), Prato do Dia (Meal of the Day, 2001, chronicles), O Inferno do Riso (The Hell of the Laughter, 2001), Das Frutas Serenadas (Fruit Serenades, 2007), Li Cores & Ad Vinhos (I Read Colours & Ad Wines, 2009), Me_xendo no baú. Vasculhando o U (Scavenging the chest. Trawling the U, 2011).