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Hilda Hilst

Born

in Jaú - SP, Brazil

April 21, 1930

Died

February 04, 2004

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst, more widely known as Hilda Hilst (Jaú, April 21, 1930–Campinas, February 4, 2004) was a Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist, whose fiction and poetry were generally based upon delicate intimacy and often insanity and supernatural events. Particularly her late works belong to the tradition of magic realism.

In 1948 she enrolled the Law Course in Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo(Largo São Francisco), finishing it in 1952. There she met her best friend, the writer Lygia Fagundes Telles. In 1966, Hilda moved to Casa do Sol (Sunhouse), a country seat next to Campinas, where she hosted a lot of writers and artists for several years. Living there, she dedicated all her time to literary creation.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 10,361 ratings · 1,372 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Obscena Senhora D by Hilda Hilst, Alcir Pécora (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 2,134 ratings — published 1982 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Júbilo, Memória, Noviciado da Paixão by Hilda Hilst, Alcir Pécora (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O caderno rosa de Lori Lamby by Hilda Hilst, Millôr Fernandes (Illustrator), Alcir Pécora (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 830 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With My Dog Eyes by Hilda Hilst, Adam Morris (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 769 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Da Poesia by Hilda Hilst, Victor Heringer (Afterword) 4.59 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from a Seducer by Hilda Hilst, John Keene (Translator), Bruno Carvalho (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tu Não te Moves de Ti by Hilda Hilst, Alcir Pécora (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Amor Tenho Vivido by Hilda Hilst, Ana Prata (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Três Vezes Hilda: Biografia, Correspondência e Poesia by Hilda Hilst, Ana Lima Cecilio, Caio Fernando Abreu 3.76 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do Desejo by Hilda Hilst, João Baptista da Costa Aguiar (Cover Artist) 4.38 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Trilogia erótica-pornográfica (4 books)
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Hilda Hilst,

Josep Domènech Ponsatí (Translator),

Maria Sevilla (Translator)

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“...e o que foi a vida? uma aventura obscena, de tão lúcida”
― Hilda Hilst, A Obscena Senhora D

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“Aflição de ser água em meio à terra
E ter a face conturbada e móvel
E a um só tempo múltipla e imóvel

Não saber se se ausenta ou se te espera.
Aflição de te amar, se te comove
E sendo água, amor, querer terra.”
― Hilda Hilst, Cantares

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“sabe, Hillé, às vezes penso que fomos pai e filha, mãe e filho, irmão irmã, que houve lutas e nós, e fios de sangue, que eu tinha fome de ti, que eu te matei, que saía de tuas narinas um cheiro de noite dor incesto e violência, que eras velha e moça e menina, que uns guizos em mim se batiam estridentes cada vez que eu te olhava, que havias sido minha desde sempre, barro e vasilha, espelho e amplidão, infinitas vezes nós dois em flashes nítidos rapidíssimos, recortados em ouro, em negro, numa lua esvaída sombra e sépia, nós dois muito claros num parapeito de pedra cor de terra”
― Hilda Hilst, A Obscena Senhora D

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What book should be our August Read Around the World read (South America)?

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

6 votes 40.0%

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao by Martha Batalha (Brazil)

5 votes 33.3%

The Girl in the Photograph by Lygia Fagundes Telles (Brazil)

2 votes 13.3%

Letters from a Seducer by Hilda Hilst (Brazil)

2 votes 13.3%

15 total votes

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