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FLOR DE POEMAS
Uma visão abrangente da força poética de Cecília Meireles. A antologia Flor de Poemas reúne o melhor da poesia da consagrada escritora carioca. Publicada originalmente em 1972, essa nova edição chega bem ao tempo das homenagens pelos 60 anos de falecimento da poetisa, em novembro de 2024.
- GenresPoetry
Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
About the author
Cecília Meireles
102 books159 followersCecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles was a Brazilian writer and educator, known principally as a poet. She is a canonical name of Brazilian Modernism, one of the great female poets in the Portuguese language, and is widely considered the best poetess from Brazil, though she rightly combatted the word "poetess" because of gender discrimination.
She traveled in the Americas in the 1940s, visiting the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. In the summer of 1940 she gave lectures at the University of Texas, Austin. She wrote two poems about her time in the capital of Texas, and a long (800 lines) very socially-aware poem "USA 1940", which was published posthumously. As a journalist her columns (crônicas, or chronicles) focused most often on education, but also on her trips abroad in the western hemisphere, Portugal, other parts of Europe, Israel, and India (where she received an honorary doctorate).
As a poet, her style was mostly neo-symbolist and her themes included ephemeral time and the contemplative life. Even though she was not concerned with local color, native vernacular, or experiments in (popular) syntax, she is considered one of the most important poets of the second phase of the Brazilian Modernism, known for nationalistic vanguardism.
She traveled in the Americas in the 1940s, visiting the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. In the summer of 1940 she gave lectures at the University of Texas, Austin. She wrote two poems about her time in the capital of Texas, and a long (800 lines) very socially-aware poem "USA 1940", which was published posthumously. As a journalist her columns (crônicas, or chronicles) focused most often on education, but also on her trips abroad in the western hemisphere, Portugal, other parts of Europe, Israel, and India (where she received an honorary doctorate).
As a poet, her style was mostly neo-symbolist and her themes included ephemeral time and the contemplative life. Even though she was not concerned with local color, native vernacular, or experiments in (popular) syntax, she is considered one of the most important poets of the second phase of the Brazilian Modernism, known for nationalistic vanguardism.
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November 11, 2015
Eu emprestei esse livro diversas vezes da biblioteca da escola, e ele me acompanha desde então. Eu me apaixonei imediatamente, mas cada vez que eu releio eu ainda encontro algum poema cuja beleza não tinha tido o impacto que merecia.
Cecília pode ser lírica, melancólica ou mórbida , tão linda e tão triste. Eu acho que de alguma forma esse livro remoldou a minha alma.
Cecília pode ser lírica, melancólica ou mórbida , tão linda e tão triste. Eu acho que de alguma forma esse livro remoldou a minha alma.
September 28, 2026
poetisa exemplar!
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