Augusto Meyer (born in

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on January 24, 1902; died in

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on July 10, 1970) was a Brazilian poet, journalist, and folklorist. He won the Prêmio Machado de Assis in 1948.

Works

As a poet

* ''A ilusão querida'' (1923) * ''Coração verde'' (1926) * ''Giraluz'' (1928) * ''Duas orações'' (1928) * ''Poemas de Bilu'' (1929) * ''Sorriso interior'' (1930) * ''Literatura & poesia, poema em prosa'' (1931) * ''Poesias 1922-1955'' (1957) * ''Antologia poética'' (1966)

As a crític and essayist

* ''Machado de Assis'' (1935) * ''Prosa dos pagos''(1943) * ''À sombra da estante'' (1947) * ''Le Bateau ivre. Análise e interpretação'' (1955) * ''Preto & Branco'' (1956) * ''Gaúcho, história de uma palavra'' (1957) * ''Camões, o bruxo e outros estudos'' (1958) * ''A chave e a máscara'' (1964) * ''A forma secreta'' (1965)

As a folklorist

*''Guia do folclore gaúcho'' (1951) *''Cancioneiro gaúcho'' (1952) *''Seleta em prosa e verso'' (1973)

As a memorialist

* ''Segredos da infância'' (1949) * ''No tempo da flor'' (1966) 20th-century Brazilian poets Brazilian male poets 1902 births 1970 deaths Brazilian people of German descent People from Rio Grande do Sul Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters 20th-century Brazilian male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub