Manoel Wenceslau Leite de Barros (December 19, 1916 – November 13, 2014) was a Brazilian poet. He won many awards for his work, including twice the

Prêmio Jabuti The Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize") is the most traditional literary award in Brazil, given by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL). It was conceived by Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959 when he presided over the CBL, with the interest of rewarding autho ...

(the "Tortoise Prize"), the most important literary award in

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. Barros was born in

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, and is regarded by critics as one of the great names of contemporary Brazilian poetry, and by many authors he has been considered the greatest living poet from Brazil. The poet

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

recognized Manoel de Barros as the Brazil's greatest poet. In 1998 the poet was rewarded with the "National prize of Literature of the Ministry of the Culture from Brazil", for the set of the work. He died at age 97, in

Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour o ...

.Morre o poeta mato-grossense Manoel de Barros, aos 97 anos

Bibliography

;Portuguese * 1937—Poemas concebidos sem pecado * 1942—Face imóvel * 1956—Poesias * 1960—Compêndio para uso dos pássaros * 1966—Gramática expositiva do chão * 1974—Matéria de poesia * 1982—Arranjos para assobio * 1985—Livro de pré-coisas * 1989—O guardador das águas - Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (Tortoise Prize) 1990. * 1990—Poesia quase toda * 1991—Concerto a céu aberto para solos de aves * 1993—O livro das ignorãças - Prize Alfonso Guimarães of the National Library from Brazil. * 1996—Livro sobre nada - Prize

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of Brazilian Literature 1997, Poetry. * 1998—Retrato do artista quando coisa * 1999—Exercícios de ser criança * 2000—Ensaios fotográficos * 2001—O fazedor de amanhecer hildren's literature- Prêmio Jabuti (Tortoise Prize) de Literatura 2002. * 2001—Poeminhas pescados numa fala de João * 2001—Tratado geral das grandezas do ínfimo * 2003—Memórias inventadas (A infância) * 2003—Cantigas para um passarinho à toa * 2004—Poemas rupestres - Prize Nestlé of Brazilian Literature 2006. * 2005—Memórias inventadas II (A segunda infância) * 2007—Memórias inventadas III (A terceira infância)

Translated editions

;German * 1996—Das Buch der Unwissenheiten ;French * 2003—La Parole sans Limites. Une Didactique de lInvention ;Spanish * 2002 - Todo lo que no invento es falso * 2005 - Riba del dessemblat ;English * 2010 - Birds for a Demolition (translated by

Idra Novey Idra Novey (born Idra Rosenberg) is an American novelist, poet, and translator. She translates from Portuguese, Spanish, and Persian and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Career Idra Novey is a novelist, poet, and translator. She is the author ...

, Carnegie Mellon University Press)

Notes

External links

Poem by Manoel de Barros in Spanish Language. Adrian'dos Delima. rim&via. Brasil. 2011.

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