Manuel C. Rodrigues (1908–1991) was an early Goan poet and writer, who expressed himself in the English language. He was also an artist, as well as a trained singer and conductor.[1] He is also known as Manoel C. Rodrigues.
Selected works edit
Verse edit
- Selected Poems, Bombay 1978. Rs 10.[2]
- Homeward, G. V. Bhave, 1939.
Short stories edit
- Still-life and other stories, Coastal Observer, 1984.
Essays, etc edit
- 'Armando Menezes: The Lyrist, A fundamentally religious poet'. The Goan World, Bombay, Jan. 1939, 31.
- 'Mar-Jakin', Goa Today, August 1976.
References to work edit
Critic and Professor at the Department of English, University of Iowa, Peter Nazareth[3] list his work in the context of his (Nazareth's) experiences while creating an early (1983) anthology of Goan literature.[4]
In his essay on nostalgia, the lament of the "Goan exile" and the "search of a Goan self", the late Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Washington DC, Eusebio C. Rodrigues has referred to his work, saying he (Manuel C. Rodrigues) "has two collections of poems with significant titles: Songs in Exile and Homeward."[5]
Writing in an essay titled 'Saudades and the Goan Poetic Temper: Globalising Goan Cultural History', in the book Goa and Portugal: History and Development[6], Victor Anand Coelho,[7] Professor of Music and Chairman of the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Boston University, writes: "...George C. Coelho probed other things within this rich corpus of poetry such as nostalgia which manifests in [Goan] Christian poets like Armando Menezes (1902–83), Manoel C. Rodrigues (1908–91) and Joseph Furtado (1872–1947) and the theme of exile which carries with it the theme of longing for homeland and voyage, but also takes on a political function."
Family home and family edit
His two-centuries old family home is located in the coastal village turned tourist-destination of Calangute just off the Baga-Calangute Road near the Our Lady of Piety Chapel.[1]
His brother, the much-awarded Olimpio Coleto Rodrigues, who was born in 1915, is also considered to be a world renowned Goan artist and avid collector of antique furniture and objects who "Indianised" Christian Art. According to media reports, in 1950 he was awarded the opportunity to paint a fresco just 200 yards from the Sistine Chapel within the Vatican.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Perez, Amy. "The Rodrigues House". goastreets.com. Goa Streets. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Noronha, Frederick. "Fiction and literature from Goa… a 1996 article". goabooks.wordpress.com. GoaBooks. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Peter Nazareth, professor". english.uiowa.edu. University of Iowa. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Nazareth, Peter (Summer 1985). "Alienation, Nostalgia, and Homecoming: Editing an Anthology of Goan Literature". World Literature Today. 59 (3): 374–382. JSTOR 40140844.
- ^ Rodrigues, Eusebio L. "Nostalgia and a Lament of a Goan Exile or in Search of Goan Self" (PDF). goanvoice.ca. Originally: South Asian Studies Papers,No.9, University of Toronto, 1995. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Borges, Charles J.; et al. (2000). Goa and Portugal: History and Development (Print). Concept, New Delhi. p. 322. ISBN 9788170228677. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Victor Coelho: Academic Profile". bu.edu. Boston University. Retrieved 2 March 2017.