Brazilian poet (1940–1998)
Orides Fontela | |
|---|---|
| Born | Orides de Lourdes Teixeira Fontela (1940-04-24)April 24, 1940 |
| Died | November 2, 1998(1998-11-02) (aged 58) Campos do Jordão, São Paulo (state), Brazil |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Awards | Prêmio Jabuti (1983) Prêmio APCA (1996) Order of Cultural Merit (2007) |
Orides de Lourdes Teixeira Fontela (April 24, 1940 — November 2, 1998) was a Brazilian poet.
Life[edit]
Fontela was born in São João da Boa Vista, in 1940. She published poems in her hometown newspaper O Município, and in O Estado de S. Paulo's Suplemento Literário. She graduated in philosophy at the University of São Paulo.[1][2]
Fontela was awarded the Jabuti Prize for Poetry, in 1983, for her book Alba; and the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte award, for the book Teia, in 1996. In 2007 the Brazilian Ministry of Culture honored her posthumously with the Order of Cultural Merit; her cousin Maria Helena Teixeira de Oliveira received the award.[1]
Works[edit]
- Transposição (1969)
- Helianto (1973)
- Alba (1983)
- Rosácea (1986)
- Trevo (1969-1988)
- Teia (1996)
- Poesia Reunida (2006)
- Poesia completa (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Orides Fontela, Bio-bibliografia". Jornal de Poesia. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ ""O que o tempo transmite e subverte": Heranças de Orides Fontela". 3 March 2020.
