15 books of poetry that you need to know
Two literary genres that continue to turn readers of all ages, a long time of centuries, to poetry and a very rich universe, full of fundamental titles.
In this content we gather some dicas from Brazilian and international books, combining great classics and recent releases, which you need to discover or re-embed.
1. Songs of torment, Angelica Freitas
Angélica Freitas (1973) is a poet and translator born in Rio Grande do Sul who has been appointed as one of the outstanding names in contemporary national poetry. To author ganhou mais notoriedade com o livro um uterus é do size de um punho (2012), a poetic reflection on the feminine gender.
Songs of torment (2020), his most recent work, combines a nostalgic olhar about childhood and past with a sharp critical vision about two sociopolitical problems atuais.
Her poems, crossed by um tom of humor and rebellion, it focuses on subjects as vast as love, disappointment and the complexities of daily life.
2. O meu quintal é maior do que o mundo, Manoel de Barros
Considered um two more famous names from our literature, or Mato Grossense Manoel de Barros (1916 - 2014) also known as or "poeta das miudezas".
Influenced by the experiences of the rural environment, where he passes a part of his life, or author writes mainly about to nature and or to everyday life. His verses are read by a forte and present two five senses, apart from the use of simple languages and neologisms.
To anthology Meu quintal é maior do que o mundo, Launched in 2015, it brings together poems published over six decades of career. Revealing the richness of his lyrics, or free he presents the most famous compositions of the poet, as well as the various phases and facets of his writing.
To enter a state of trees it is necessary to start from
a torpor animal lizard three hours late,
not more than August.
In two years to inertia and o kill vão crescer em
nossa boca.
We will fry some lyrical decomposition até o mato
sair na voice.
Browse eu desho or cheiro das arvores.
Trust us too melhores poems by Manoel de Barros.
3. For o meu coração num Sunday, Wislawa Szymborska
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, Wisława Szymborska (1923 - 2012) was an important Polish author, literary critic and translator. Nicknamed "Mozart da poetry", Szymborska became a huge international influence.
Its course was marked by numerous political and ideological conflicts. As a youth, during World War II, she was forbidden to attend school; Later, in 1949, you have your first work of censored poetry.
Na coletânea, we find 85 compositions marked by irony that debruçam on timeless themes such as history, philosophy and vastidão of human experience.
We only get to know each other
em that we are postos à prova.
I say-lhes isso
do meu coração, what a disbelief.
4. Give poetry, Hilda Hilst
Born in São Paulo, Hilda Hilst (1930 - 2004) formed great voices that gave her birth and published works of various literary genres, such as poetry, theater, chronicle and fiction.
Controversial and avant-garde, his lyrical fala of love, eroticism, death, loucura and much more. Give poetry It is a work launched in 2017 that includes the entire poetic production of the author, as well as unpublished texts, correspondence and two pairs.
Song of the world
lost in your mouth.
Song of the Mãos
that ficaram na minha cabeça.
They were you and they seemed like handles.
Trust me too melhores poems by Hilda Hilst.
5. A rosa do povo, Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902 - 1987), poet from Minas Gerais who is part of the second generation of modernism, is dúvida um dos maiores nomes da nossa literature.
Or author known to deal with topics such as life in large urban spaces, solidão e as relações human, publicou To Rosa do Povo in 1945.
A work, which is a true classic, contemplated poems written to us two years earlier and illustrates the harsh atmosphere of his own time. His verses, full of political reflections and existential inquiries, deixam transparent um tom serio, many times he is ceptic and disillusioned.
As Estado Novo no Brasil e o International Cenário da Segunda Guerra as background, or free reveals or social side of Drummond's poetry.
Uma flor nasceu na rua!
Passem de longe, bondes, ônibus, rio de aço do trafego.
Uma ainda flower bounced
Illuminate the police, break or asphalt.
Full face silence, business paralysis,
I guarantee that a nasceu flower.
Trust us too melhores poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
6. Meu corpo minha house, Rupi Kaur
A true phenomenon of popularity in social networks, Rupi Kaur (1992) is an Indian poet and visual artist who has lived in Canada since childhood.
His lyrical character is characterized by a simple linguistic and atuais themes such as love relationships, self-esteem and feminine empowerment. Meu corpo minha home, seu third book of poetry, was published in 2020 and já bateu records of hair bands in the world.
With her confessional lyricism, the author narrates traumatic episodes of the past, thinking of the relationship that she keeps with herself as a body. As composições, que falam que sobre depressão e anxiedade, but also about força and overcoming, foram translated by Ana Guadalupe.
Cansei de ficar disappointed
come home to keep me alive
I'm exhausted from spending so much energy
hating my mesma
7. All poetry, Paulo Leminski
Born in Curitiba, Paulo Leminski (1944 - 1989) was an incomparable Brazilian poet, critic and literary translator who also dedicated himself to music.
His verses are characterized by pela colloquial linguagem and use of humor, usually arising in brief compositions, influenced by Haikai hairs of Japanese culture that follow a metric and a singular set of regras.
To anthology All poetry, which brings together his specific and lyrical poems, was launched in 2013 and helped popularize his work together with the great public. Currently, or free continues to integrate the tops of national bands.
I don't argue
as destination
or what to paint
eu assino
Trust us too melhores poems of Leminski.
8. To underwater life, Ana Martins Marques
Ana Martins Marques (1977) is an author and academic from Belo Horizonte who has been considered one of the great references of contemporary Brazilian poetry.
Influenced by the artists of national modernism, its lyrics focus on elements of daily life and rethink our own linguagem e criação poética.
To underwater life foi o seu first livro de him, released andIn 2009, the project does not give me a writer for fame, reflecting on the relationship of the subject as the world. Due to a great success, the work was reissued in 2020 by the publisher Companhia das Letras.
9. O love is with two diabos, Charles Bukowski
One of the two most famous and controversial authors of North American literature, Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994) has written countless works of prose and poetry that have become popular throughout the world.
Em O love is with two diabos, originally published in 1977, we can find compositions inspired by Bukowski's own experiences. A Brazilian edition was launched in 2010, with a translation by Pedro Gonzaga.
You falam verses about we met and fleeting paixões, accompanying episodes of your boêmio and solitary lifestyle.
Trust us too melhores poems by Charles Bukowski.
10. To your pés, Ana Cristina César
A Carioca Ana Cristina Cesar (1952 - 1983), also known as Ana C., was one of the senior representatives of Geração Mimegrapher and marginal literature two years 70 and 80.
Embora she has also worked as a translator and literary critic, the author is mainly planted with her intimate poetry, anchored non-existentialism and com um olhar fixado nas emotions and concerns of the present.
To Teus Pés, its last book, was released in 1982 and brings together poetic texts that appear in three independent publications. Despite the premature death of Ana C., the work continues to win readers and admirers.
I didn't know
what to turn hair birds
It was a deadly experience.
11. Poetic Anthology, Vinicius de Moraes
Affectionately nicknamed "poetinha", Vinicius de Moraes (1913 - 1980) was a notorious national writer, musician and composer who started from the birth of Bossa Nova.
His lyrical conquered the Brazilian public through sonnets and love poems what a delightful gerações. Contudo, his verses of him also focus on the times he lived, attending to political and social guidelines in vogue.
An anthology published by the Companhia de Letras, in 2015, is presented as melhores composições do poet, as well as unpublished portraits of various moments of his life, so that I want to know more about Vinicius.
Trust us too melhores poems by Vinicius de Moraes.
12. Jamais peço sorry for spilling me, Ryane Leão
Ryane Leão (1989) is a poet born in Cuiabá and based in São Paulo who began a career backing up texts by her authorship of her in the city. A writer gained fame through the publication of her social networks, as well as her participation in saraus and poetry slams.
In 2017, Leão publicou o successso Tudo Nela Brilha e Queima, where she writes about racial and gender questões, as well as other topics related to self-esteem, oil and representativeness.
Two years later she launched Jamais peço sorry for spilling me, an inspiring work that lacks emotions, changes and resistance.
13. Hides of the tempo, Mario Quintana
Mario Quintana (1906 - 1994), or charming "poet of simple coisas", was a writer, translator and journalist born in Rio Grande do Sul.
His poems are understood by serem short and full of wisdom, using an everyday language and establishing a kind of dialogue as an author.
The work was launched in 1980, at a very late stage in the life of Quintana, and spelled his maturity, thinking about themes such as memory, or the end of the day.
I know you love me, love me low
Don't scream from the top two telhados
Deixa em paz os passarinhos
Give me peace!
You love me
enfim,
tem to be bem devagarinho, beloved,
that life is brief, and or love is brief ainda ...
Trust us too melhores poems by Mario Quintana.
14. Vinte love poems and a desperate song, Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was an important Chilean poet, appointed as one of the two greatest authors of the Spanish language, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. The nuanced verses of Neruda will enter for the history of readers and lovers of the whole world.
Vintelove poems and a desperate song (1974) is one of his works-cousins, ainda of modernist influence, which reveals oeroticism of his poetry, as well as olhar of enchantment perant or feminine gender.
Trust us too greatest love poems by Pablo Neruda.
15. Here you are as minhas contas, Adília Lopes
Apart from great names like Fernando Pessoa or Mário de Sá-Carneiro, or universe of Portuguese poetry and vast and many authors who need to be read and uncovered by our readers.
Um two more incontornáveis examples of current status is Adília Lopes (1960), contemporary writer and translator who was born in Lisbon. Seus poems são passedados mainly not domestic dining room It is characterized by irony and simple rhymes, as a childish quase.
Here you are as minhas contas is an anthology published in Brazil in 2019, with texts selected by Sofia de Sousa Silva, professor at UFRJ.
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