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Haroldo de Campos

ハロルド・デ・カンポス

Harorudo de Kanposu

Aliases: Haroldo Eurico Browne de Campos

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-08-19 (São Paulo, Brazil)
Died
2003-08-17 (São Paulo, Brazil) age 73
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Latin
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
São Paulo

Career

Occupations
poet, critic, professor, translator
Active Years
1952-2003
Affiliations
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Yale University (visiting), University of Texas at Austin (visiting)
Memberships
Noigandres
Influenced By
Augusto de Campos, Décio Pignatari
Influenced
Concrete poetry movement

Education

Colégio São Bento
Secondary education
Period: 中等教育期
Country: Brazil
Learned first foreign languages

Awards

Prêmio Jabuti
1991
Organization: Câmara Brasileira do Livro
Result: 受賞
Prêmio da Associação Paulista dos Críticos da Arte
2009
Organization: Associação Paulista dos Críticos da Arte
Result: 受賞
Premio Octavio Paz de Poesia y Ensayo
1999
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Galáxias

1984 poetry

Representative work of experimental concrete poetry

cosmoslanguage experiment

Bibliography

  • Xadrez de Estrelas (1976)
  • Signância: Quase Céu (1979)
  • A arte no horizonte do provável e outros ensaios

Translations by Author

  • Translation of Ezra Pound's Cantares (1960)
  • Translation of Homer's Iliad (2001-2002)
  • Translation of fragments from Dante's Divine Comedy

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concrete poetryexperimental poetryvisual poetry
Recurring Motifs
language structurephoneticsrhythm

Legacy

Widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Brazilian literature since 1950.