Career
He is known through his famous poems (mornas), written in the Crioulo of Brava. His name is honored in the name of the town square in Vila Nova Sintra along with a statue, where his home is located which is now a museum. The city of Mindelo was largely marked by the Bravense child, later he went to the public farm in Tarrafal de Santiago.
He returned to his native island in 1890.
He published several "morna" poems, his new themes included love, island, sea, women, emigrant and health. Between 1890 and 1900, Tavares was the "dolphin" of Cape Verde".
His poem Mal de amor (Bad Love), his work of poems can be found on the Civil Defense Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias
In 1929, he collaborated with different articles in "Spiritual Review" done by Federação Espírita Portuguesa (the Portuguese Spiritual Federation). The poem "morna aguada" was featured in a Cape Verdean escudo note in 1999. and other information
Eugénio Tavares
Mornas
Canção ao March
Morna aguada
Morna de Despedida.
