Cassiano Ricardo (July 26, 1895 – January 14, 1974) was a Brazilian journalist, literary critic, and poet.
Cassiano Ricardo | |
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 Cassiano Ricardo in 1937 | |
| Born | July 26, 1895 São José dos Campos, Brazil |
| Died | January 14, 1974 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Journalist, literary critic, poet |
| Genre | Concrete poetry, symbolist poetry |
| Literary movement | Brazilian modernism |
An exponent of the nationalistic tendencies of Brazilian modernism, he was associated with the Green-Yellow and Anta groups of the movement before launching the Flag group, a social-democratic reaction to these groups. His work evolved into concrete poetry at the end of his career.[citation needed]
Early life
editCassiano Ricardo was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo in 1895.[1]
Career
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Ricardo, formerly a Symbolist poet, became a late adherent to Brazilian modernism and co-founded the mystical nationalist journal Novíssima.[1] In the following year, 1926, he launched the Green-Yellow movement,[1] with Menotti del Picchia, Cândido Motta Filho and Plínio Salgado.[2] In 1928, he co-founded the Flag group, again with Menotti del Picchia and Cândido Motta Filho.[3]
His 1928 book Marcha para Oeste supported the frontier for being both anti-liberal and democratic.[4] He held a hierarchical view of such a society with the whites holding "the spirit of adventure and command".[5]
In 1937, he was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, where he campaigned for the Modernist poets to be formally recognized and appreciated.[3]
Bibliography
edit- 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)
References
edit- Footnotes
- ^ a b c Balderston & Gonzalez 2004, p. 492.
- ^ Bosi 2015, p. 366.
- ^ a b Bosi 2015, p. 391.
- ^ Aguiar 1979, pp. 20–23.
- ^ Garfield 2001, p. 32.
- Sources
- Aguiar, Neuma (1979). The Structure of Brazilian Development. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-87855-138-7.
- Balderston, Daniel; Gonzalez, Mike, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900–2003. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415306874.
- Bosi, Alfredo (2015) [1970]. História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Cultrix. ISBN 978-85-316-0189-7.
- Garfield, Seth (2001). Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil: State Policy, Frontier Expansion, and the Xavante Indians, 1937–1988. Durham & London: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822326656.
