The greatest writer of Mozambican literature, José Craveirinha, will be honored with a statuette representing his bust, made from clay and plaster and finished with marble and granolite.

According to the Secretary General of the Association of Mozambican Writers (AEMO), Carlos Paradona, the work was built by Mozambicans Idasse Tembe, Lourenço Tsenane and Cuban Manuel Alcayde.

The sculpture representing Craveirinha will be inaugurated on Friday at the AEMO headquarters.

Recognizing that Craveirinha's poetry continues to inspire new generations, he believes that the unveiling of the bust represents the importance that his work played in the liberation of the Mozambican people, as well as in the elevation of Portuguese literature.

Tuesday marked the 102nd anniversary of the birth of José Craveirinha (May 28, 1922), in the former Lourenço Marques, now Maputo. He died on February 6, 2006, at the age of 84, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This Wednesday, the José Craveirinha Association, based in his former home in the Mafalala neighborhood of Maputo, will launch a volume that brings together the works Xigubo and Karingana Wa Karingana, the titles of his first two books.