Murilo Mendes

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Murilo Mendes

Portrait of Murilo Mendes by Ismael Nery
Born 13th May 1901
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died August 1975, 13(13-08-1975) (aged 0)
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Brazilian
Literary movement Modernism

Murilo Monteiro Mendes (born May 13, 1901 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, - died in Lisbon on August 13, 1975) was a Brazilian exponent of Modernist poetry and prose.

Biography


Murilo Mendes lived in Europe twice and died in Lisbon. His greatest connection in Europe though was to Rome. He converted to Catholicism in 1934 and much of his works deal with tensions arising from his faith.

Murilo Mendes was at various timed a telegraphist, accounts clerk, Porfs, notary and Inspector of Secondary Education of the Federal District. He was the registrar of the fourth Family Court of the Federal District in 1946. From 1953 to 1955 he toured several European countries, disseminating Brazilian culture through conferences.

In 1957 he settled in Rome, where he taught Brazilian literature. He remained faithful to Mineiran images, merging them with Sicily and Spain, laden with history. He began writing for the modernist magazines Terra Roxa, Outras Terras e Antropofagia.

His books Poems (1930), History of Brazil (1932) and Bumba-Meu-Poeta, written in 1930 but not published until 1959 in the edition of the work entitled Poems (1925-1955) are clearly modernist, revealing a humorous vision of Brazilian reality. Time and Eternity (1935), written in collaboration with the poet Jorge de Lima, marks his conversion to Catholicism. In this book, the humorous elements decrease and visual values of the text are highlighted.

In the volumes of the next phase, Poetry in a Panic (1938), The Visionary (1941), The Metamorphoses (1944) and The World Enigma (1945) the poet exhibits a cubist influence, overlapping images and making the plastic predominant over the discursive.

Freedom (1947) as with some other books of the poet, was written under the impact of war, reflecting the author's concern about the situation in the world.

In 1954 he released Contemplation of Ouro Preto, in which Mendes changed his language and his preoccupations, referring to the old towns of Minas Gerais and their atmosphere. Thereafter the poet threw himself into new stylistic processes, making a poetry of a more rigorous and sparse poetry as in the Parable (1946-1952) and Sicily (1954-1955), published in Poems (1925-1955). The characteristics of this period reached their best achievement in Spanish Time (1959).

In 1970, Murilo Mendes published Convergence, a book of avant-garde poetry. He has also published books of prose, such as The Disciples at Emmaus (1944), The Age of the Saw (1968), Book of memories and Polyhedron (1972). When he died in Lisbon, he left many unpublished works.

WORKS:

  • "Poems" (1930)
  • "Bumba-meu-poeta" (1930)
  • "History of Brazil" (1933)
  • "Time and Eternity" - Jorge de Lima (1935)
  • "Poetry in a Panic" (1937)
  • "The Visionary" (1941)
  • "The Metamorphoses" (1944)
  • "The World Enigma" and "The Disciple of Emmaus" (1945)
  • "Freedom" (1947)
  • "Window of chaos" - France (1949)
  • "Contemplation of Ouro Preto" (1954)
  • "Office humain" - France (1954)
  • "Poems (Work completed to date)" (1959)
  • "Spanish Time" - Portugal (1959)
  • "Siciliana" - Italy (1959)
  • "Poesie" - Italy (1961)
  • "Finestra del chaos" - Italy (1961)
  • "Seven unpublished poems" - Spain (1961)
  • "Poems" - Spain (1962)
  • "Poetry Anthology" - Portugal (1964)
  • "The Metamorphoses" - Italy (1964)
  • "Italianism (7 Murilogrami)" - Italy 1965)
  • "Unpublished poems by Murilo Mendes" - Spain (1965)
  • "The age of the saw" (1968)
  • "Convergence" (1970)
  • "Free Poetry" - Italy (1971)
  • "Polyhedron" (1972)
  • "Portraits-lightning, a grade" (1973)
  • "Poetic Anthology" (1976)
  • "Complete Poetry and Prose" (1994)

Partial bibliography

  • Poemas (1930)
  • Restauração da poesia em Cristo (1934)
  • A poesia em pânico (1937)
  • A idade do serrote (1938)
  • O visionário (1941)
  • Mundo enigma e O discípulo de Emaús (1945)
  • Liberdade (1947)
  • Convergências (1970)

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