João Vário

Who was João Vário?

João Vário was a Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon, scientist and professor. The name was a pseudonym of João Manuel Varela. Other aliases included Timóteo Tio Tiofe and G. T. Didial.

He studied medicine in the universities of Coimbra and Lisbon. He earned a doctorate from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. He was a researcher and professor of neuropathology and neurobiology. He returned to his native Mndelo.

He also wrote several poems. He influenced writers such as Saint-John Perse, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Aimé Césaire.