Ana Hatherly (8 May 1929 – 5 August 2015) was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, filmmaker, painter, and writer. She was considered one of the pioneers of the experimental poetry and experimental literature movement in Portugal.[1][2]

Ana Hatherly
Born
Anna Maria de Lourdes Rocha Alves Hatherly

(1929-05-08)May 8, 1929
Porto, Portugal
DiedAugust 5, 2015(2015-08-05) (aged 86)
Lisbon, Portugal
Known forwriter, artist

Biography

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Hatherly was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1929.[1] She obtained a degree in Germanic philology from the University of Lisbon and a doctorate in Hispanic studies from the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, and was also trained in both film and music.[1] Hatherly was a professor of human and social sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she founded the university's Institute of Portuguese Studies.[1] She utilized film, visual arts, and poetry in her work, which included the avant-garde.[1]

In 1958, she started her literary career with the publication of Um Ritmo Perdido, a collection of poems. Her poetry books include Um Calculador de Improbabilidades (2001), O Pavão Negro (2003), Itinerários (2003), and Fibrilações (2005). Hatherly has published poetry, essays, and fiction that have been translated into European languages, Japanese and Chinese.[3][4] She later became Emeritus Professor and a founding member of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She was also the Chair of the Portuguese PEN Club.[4]

Hatherly was interested in the visual aspects of poetry, which led to her successfully exploring visual mediums of art, such as painting and films.

Ana Hatherly died in a hospital in Lisbon, on 5 August 2015, at the age of 86. Her funeral was held at the Estrela Basilica in Lisbon, with burial in the Olivais cemetery.[1]

Poetry

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  • Um Ritmo Perdido (1958)
  • As Aparências (1959)
  • A Dama e o Cavaleiro (1960)
  • Sigma (1965)
  • Estruturas Poéticas - Operação 2 (1967)
  • Eros Frenético (1968)
  • 39 Tisanas (1969)
  • Anagramático (1970)
  • 63 Tisanas: (40-102) (1973)
  • Poesia: 1958-1978 (1980)
  • Ana Viva e Plurilida (1982)
  • O Cisne Intacto (1983)
  • A Cidade das Palavras (1988)
  • Volúpsia (1994)
  • 351 Tisanas (1997)
  • Rilkeana (1999)
  • Um Calculador de Improbabilidades (2001)
  • O Pavão Negro (2003)
  • Itinerários (2003)
  • Fibrilações (2005)
  • A Idade da Escrita e outros poemas (2005)
  • 463 Tisanas (2006)
  • A Neo-Penélope (2007)

Museum collections

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ana Hatherly (1929-2015)". Correio da Manhã. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  2. ^ Jackson, K. David. "Portuguese literature". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  3. ^ "Ana Hatherly | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  4. ^ a b "Ana Hatherly". www.poemsfromtheportuguese.org. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. ^ Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (October 25, 2017). "Ana Hatherly and the Baroque. In a Garden Made of Ink". Calouste Gulbenkian Museum.
  6. ^ a b c d "Ana Hatherly | 26 Exhibitions and Events". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  7. ^ "Stations: Some Recent Acquisitions". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  8. ^ "Ana Hatherly". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

Further reading

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  • Zink, Rui. "The Man Who Shot Ana Hatherly." Theory in Action 13, no. 4 (10, 2020): 27-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3798/tia.1937-0237.2048.
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  • Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. “Ana Hatherly and the Baroque. In a Garden Made of Ink” Last modified October 25, 2017. https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/ana-hatherly-and-the-baroque-in-garden-made-of-ink/
  • Elmcip. “Person: Ana Hatherly”, https://elmcip.net/person/ana-hatherly
  • Luís Alves de Matos. “Ana Hatherly – The Intelligent Hand – Trailer” Vimeo, March 18, 2011. https://vimeo.com/21200605
  • Natalie Ferris. “The Intelligent Hand: Ana Hatherly, Asemic Writing, Visualizing the Creative Act” Modernism/Modernity, https://modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/ferris-intelligent-hand-ana-hatherly
  • PoemsfromthePortuguese. “Ana Hatherly”. http://www.poemsfromtheportuguese.org/Ana_Hatherly