António Aurélio Gonçalves

António Aurélio Gonçalves, better known as Nhô Roque (25 September 1901 – 30 September 1984), was a Cape Verdean writer, critic, historian and professor.

Life Gonçalves was born in the city of Mindelo, the capital of the island of São Vicente. He was the son of Roque da Silva Gonçalves. He was absent from the island for 22 years after heading to the imperial capital of Lisbon in 1917 after his high-school studies at the seminary on the island of São Nicolau. He attended the University of Lisbon

Gonçalves died on 30 September 1984 as the result of a hit-and-run accident five days after his 83rd birthday.

Family He belonged to a family of great literary figures, including the poet José Lopes da Silva and the writer Baltasar Lopes da Silva.

Legacy A street (Rua Dr. António Aurélio Gonçalves) is named after him in his hometown Mindelo, and to the west is a park that is known by his nickname (Parque Nhô Roque), located by Avenida Marginal and Porto Grande Bay.

Along with Eugénio Tavares he was featured on a Cape Verdean $1000 escudo banknote issued between 2007 and 2014, and he was also featured on a Cape Verdean postage stamp. In the national capital of Praia, the António Aurélio Gonçalves Instutide (IpAAG, the Instituto para António Aurélio Gonçalves) is named in his honour.

Works Aspecto da Ironia de Eça de Queiroz (Aspect of Irony), essay, 1937 Recaída, or Aurelio Recaída; 1947; reimpression: 1993; Editora Vega Terra da Promissão (Promised Land); reimpression: 2002, Lisboa, Caminho Publishing; with preface by Arnaldo França Noite de Vento (Windy Night), 1951: 2nd edição: Praia, 1985; with preface by Arnaldo França Prodiga (Prodigy), 1956 Historia do Tempo Antigo, (History of the Earlier Times), 1960 Virgens Loucas, theatrical play, 1971 Biluca, 1977 Miragem (Mirage), 1978