Natália Correia
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Natália de Oliveira Correia, GOSE, GOL (b. September 13, 1923 in Fajã de Baixo, São Miguel Island, Azores - March 16, 1993 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, and was the author of the lyrics of Hino dos Açores, the traditional anthem of The Azores.
OBSCURA CASTIDADE Uma obscura e inquieta castidade/pôs uma flor para mim no jardim mais secreto/num horizonte de graça e claridade/intangível e perto./Promessa estática no luar/da densidade em mim corpórea/não é a culpa, é a memória/da primeira manhã do pecado/sem Eva e sem Adão./Só o fruto provado/e a serpente enroscada/na minha solidão.
DARK ABSTENTION/ A dark and troubled abstention/ put a flower for me in the most secret garden/in a horizon of grace and clarity/which was untouchable and next. /A static promise in the light of the moon/ of the density which was corporal in me/ it is not the fault, it is the memory/ of the first morning of the sin/ without Eve and Adam. / Only the proven fruit/ and the rolled serpent/ in my loneliness.
[edit] Biography
Correia was born in Fajã de Baixo near downtown Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel island in the Azores on September 13, 1923, daughter of Manuel de Medeiros Correia and wife, married in 1918, writer Maria José de Oliveira (Capelas, Ponta Delgada, May 26, 1892 - Brazil, January 1956). She had an older sister named Carmen de Oliveira Correia, unmarried and without issue. She moved to Lisbon when she was 11. She collaborated in the publication of various periodicals and was the deputy of the Portugues Social Democratic Party. She was one of the most important activists in the fight against fascism in her country, and a prominent defender of culture, human rights and womens' rights in particular. She is considered one of the most important figures in 20th century Portuguese literature.
Correia's deep affection for her native island's native beauty is demonstrated profoundly in the themes, images and symbols portrayed in her works, as well as by her association with contemporaries Antero de Quental and Vitorino Nemésio. She was much influenced by surrealism, Galician-Portuguese poetry, and mysticism, and her works span the spectrum from poetic romanticism to satire. She worked in many different genres: poetry, essays, theatre, and anthologies.
Correia participated in several political oppositional movements, opposing Estado Novo (New State) and supporting MUD (Movimento de Unidade Democrática in 1945). At one point, Correia spent three years in prison, under a suspended penalty, for the publication of a poem deemed offensive by authorities. In 1980 she was elected to Parliament as a member of the PPD (Partido Popular Democrático).
In 1991, Natália Correia received an award from Grande Prémio de Poesia da Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (Grand Premium of Poems of the Portuguese Writers Association) for her book Sonetos Românticos (Romantic Sonnets). In the same year, she was admitted to the Ordem da Liberdade and Ordem de Santiago.
Natália Correia died on March 16, 1993 in Lisbon. She was married four times, all of them without any issue: in 1942 to Álvaro Pereira, in 1949 to William Creighton Hyler, in 1950 to Alfredo Machado and in March 1990 to Dórdio Leal Guimarães (Porto, March 10, 1938 - July 2, 1997).
[edit] Literature
- Grandes Aventuras de um Pequeno Herói (=Great Adventures of A Little Hero) (infantile romance), 1945
- Anoiteceu no Bairro (romance), 1946 ; 2004
- Rio de Nuvens (poem), 1947
- Descobri Que Era Europeia: impressões duma viagem à América, 1951 ; 2002
- Sucubina ou a Teoria do Chapéu (theatrical), with Manuel de Lima, 1952
- Poemas = Poems (poem), 1955
- Dimensão Encontrada (poem), 1957
- O Progresso de Édipo (dramatic poem), 1957
- Passaporte = Passport (poem), 1958
- Poesia de Arte e Realismo Poético (Art Poems and Poetic Realisms) (essay), 1959
- Comunicação = Communication (dramatic poem), 1959
- Cântico do País Emerso (poem), 1961
- A Questão Académica de 1907 (An Academic Question of 1907) (essay), 1962
- Antologia de Poesia Portuguesa Erótica e Satírica: dos cancioneiros medievais à actualidade (anthology), 1965 ; 2000
- O Homúnculo, tragédia jocosa (theatrical), 1965
- Mátria (poem), 1967 a
- A Madona (romance), 1968 ; 2000
- O Encoberto (theatrical), 1969 ; 1977
- O Vinho e a Lira (poem), 1969
- Cantares dos Trovadores Galego-Portugueses (anthology), 1970 ; 1998
- As Maçãs de Orestes (poem), 1970
- Trovas de D. Dinis, [Trobas d'el Rey D. Denis] (poem), 1970
- A Mosca Iluminada (poem), 1972
- O Surrealismo na Poesia Portuguesa (The Surrealism in Portuguese Poetry) (anthology), 1973 ; 2002
- A Mulher, antologia poética (anthology), 1973
- O Anjo do Ocidente à Entrada do Ferro (poem), 197llc3
- Uma Estátua para Herodes (Ensaio), 1974
- Poemas a Rebate, (poem), 1975
- Epístola aos Iamitas (poem), 1976
- Não Percas a Rosa. Diário e algo mais (25 de Abril de 1974 - 20 de Dezembro de 1975) (diary), 1978 ; 2003
- O Dilúvio e a Pomba (poem), 1979
- Erros Meus, Má Fortuna, Amor Ardente (theatrical), 1981 ; 1991
- Antologia de Poesia do Período Barroco (Poetic Anthology of the Baroque Period) (anthology), 1982
- Notas para uma Introdução às Cantigas de Escárnio e de Mal-Dizer Galego-Portuguesas (essay), 1982
- A Ilha de Sam Nunca: atlantismo e insularidade na poesia de António de Sousa (anthology), 1982
- A Ilha de Circe (Circe's Island) (romance), 1983 ; 2001
- A Pécora, peça escrita em 1967 (theatrical), 1983 ; 1990
- O Armistício (poem) = The Armistice, 1985 a
- Onde está o Menino Jesus? , 1987
- Somos Todos Hispanos (essay), 1988 ; 2003
- Sonetos Românticos (Romantic Sonnets) (poem), 1990 ; 1991
- As Núpcias (Romance), 1992
- O Sol nas Noites e o Luar nos Dias (The Sun in the Nights And The Moon During The Days]] (complete poem), 1993 ; 2000
- Memória da Sombra, versos para esculturas de António Matos (poem), 1993l
- D. João e Julieta, peça escrita em 1959 (theatrical), 1999
- A Ibericidade na Dramaturgia Portuguesa (essay), 2000
- Breve História da Mulher e outros escritos (anthology), 2003
- A Estrela de Cada Um (anthology), 2004
