Carlos Nejar

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Luis Carlos Verzoni Nejar, better known as Carlos Nejar (born January 11, 1939, in Porto Alegre), is a Brazilian poet, author, translator and critic, and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. One of the most important poets of its generation, Nejar, also called "o poeta do pampa brasileiro", is distinguished for his use of an extensive vocabulary, alliteration, and pandeism. His first book, Sélesis, was published in 1960.

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Born to a father of Syrian and Lebanese descent, and a mother of French and Italian descent, [1] [2] Nejar was elected to the fourth seat of the Brazilian Academy of Letters on November 24, 1988, succeeding Viana Moog. He is also a member of the Academia Espírito-santense de Letras. [3]

Works

Poetry

Rapsódia

Personae-poems

Prose poems

Children's literature

Novels (transficção)

Essay

Anthologies and books (including his poems)

– Yoke (Canga) – Jesualdo Monte, tradução de Madeleine Picciotto. Quarterly Review of Literature. Poetry Series III. Edited by T & R. Weiss. Volume XXII. Princeton, New Jersey, US, 1981.

Anthologies (as editor)

Translations

Sources

References

  1. "Grandson of Arabs, poet from Porto Alegre - ANBA News Agency". 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  2. Ricciardi, Giovanni (2008). Biografia e criação literária (in Brazilian Portuguese). ABI. ISBN   978-85-7884-002-0.
  3. "Carlos Nejar, members". AEL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 June 2024.