João Cabral de Melo Neto
Brazilian poet and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the only Brazilian poet to receive such award to date. He was considered until his death a perennial competitor for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]
João Cabral de Melo Neto | |
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Born | João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-01-06)6 January 1920 Recife, Brazil |
Died | 9 October 1999(1999-10-09) (aged 79) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Occupation | Writer |
Notable awards | Camões Prize 1990 Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1992 |
Melo Neto's works are noted for the rigorous, yet inventive attention they pay to the formal aspects of poetry. He derives his characteristic sound from a traditional verse of five or seven syllables (called ‘’redondilha’’) and from the constant use of oblique rhymes. His style ranges from the surrealist tendency which marked his early poetry to the use of regional elements of his native northeastern Brazil. In many works, including the famed auto Morte e Vida Severina, Melo Neto's addresses the life of those affected by the poverty and inequality in Pernambuco.