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Raul Bopp

ラウル・ボップ

Rauru Boppu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1898-08-04 (Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul)
Died
1984-06-02 (Rio de Janeiro) age 85
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese
Residence History
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul → Rio de Janeiro

Career

Occupations
poet, diplomat, Ambassador of Brazil to Peru
Active Years
1920-1984
Influenced By
Oswald de Andrade

Awards

Prêmio Machado de Assis
1977
Work: Overall body of work
Organization: Brazilian Academy of Letters
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cobra Norato

1931 epic poem

An epic poem set along the Amazon River, based on the Anthropophagic Manifesto, drawing from Brazilian indigenous mythology.

AnthropophagyAmazonIndigenous mythology
Translations
  • English (by Jennifer Sarah Cooper)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ModernistAnthropophagic
Recurring Motifs
Serpent mythologyAmazon nature

Legacy

Influential Brazilian modernist poet and diplomat, renowned for Cobra Norato, an exemplar of Anthropophagy. Served in diplomacy in Japan and as ambassador to Peru.

Trivia

  • Friend of Oswald de Andrade.
  • Served as diplomat in Japan.