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Adélia Prado

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Adélia Prado


Born
in Divinóplis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
December 13, 1935

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Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas, is a Brazilian writer and poet. Started writing at the age of 40 which is relatively late in life for a poet. Although much of her outlook is religious, deeply Catholic, her works are often about the body.
Adélia Prado's poems were translated into English by Ellen Watson and published in a book entitled, The Alphabet in the Park. (Wesleyan University Press, 1990).

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Average rating: 4.02 · 2,498 ratings · 272 reviews · 47 distinct worksSimilar authors
Bagagem

3.82 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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The Alphabet in the Park: S...

4.30 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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O Coração Disparado

3.92 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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Poesia reunida

4.24 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
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Reunião de Poesia: 150 poem...

4.09 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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A Faca no Peito

3.89 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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Miserere

3.91 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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Quero Minha Mãe

3.92 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Oráculos de Maio

4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
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Ex-Voto: Poems of Adélia Prado

4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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“Amor violeta

O amor me fere é debaixo do braço,
de um vão entre as costelas.
Atinge meu coração é por esta via inclinada.
Eu ponho o amor no pilão com cinza
e grão de roxo e soco. Macero ele,
faço dele cataplasma
e ponho sobre a ferida.”
Adélia Prado, Bagagem

“Páscoa

(...)
Divido o dia em três partes:
a primeira pra olhar retratos,
a segunda pra olhar espelhos,
a última e maior delas, pra chorar.
(...)”
Adélia Prado, Bagagem

“I am beginning to despair
and can see only two choices:
either go crazy or turn holy.”
Adélia Prado, The Alphabet in the Park: Selected Poems

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