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Cassiano Ricardo

カシアーノ・リカルド

Cassiano Ricardo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1895-07-26 （São José dos Campos）
Died
1974-01-14 age 78
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
São José dos Campos

Career

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, poet
Active Years
1915-1974
Affiliations
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Memberships
Brazilian Academy of Letters

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Martim Cererê

1928 Poetry

A work of Brazilian modernism.

Nationalism

Marcha para Oeste

1940 Poetry

Supports the frontier in a nationalistic way.

NationalismFrontier

Bibliography

  • Dentro da noite (1915)
  • A flauta de Pã (1917)
  • Jardim das Hespérides (1920)
  • A mentirosa de olhos verdes (1924)
  • Vamos caçar papagaios (1926)
  • Borrões de verde e amarelo (1927)
  • Martim Cererê (1928)
  • Deixa estar, jacaré (1931)
  • Canções da minha ternura (1930)
  • Marcha para Oeste (1940)
  • O sangue das horas (1943)
  • Um dia depois do outro (1947)
  • Poemas murais (1950)
  • A face perdida (1950)
  • O arranha-céu de vidro (1956)
  • João Torto e a fábula (1956)
  • Poesias completas (1957)
  • Montanha russa (1960)
  • A difícil manhã (1960)
  • Jeremias sem-chorar (1964)
  • Os sobreviventes (1971)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Symbolist poetryConcrete poetry
Recurring Motifs
Nationalism

Legacy

Exponent of nationalistic tendencies in Brazilian modernism, associated with Green-Yellow and Flag groups, later evolved to concrete poetry.

Museums

  • Fundação Cultural Cassiano Ricardo São José dos Campos

Trivia

  • Occupied the 31st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1937 to 1974.