Person poet improviser
Manuel Gonçalves
d. 1927
poet · improviser
The 'Feiticeiro do Norte', an illiterate peasant from Arco de São Jorge who became a famous improviser of popular verses sung at Madeiran festivals. His verses were printed in pamphlets in Madeira and Brazil; he died in 1927.
1Mentioned in
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- Asylums — Brother of Saint John of God who directed the Trapiche house until 1928.
3Places mentioned
Abroad