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Carlos
Drummond de Andrade (1902 –
1987) Brazil
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Carlos Drummond de Andrade is
considered by many the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He was born in the
state of Minas Gerais in 1902 and soon began an
intense literary career, writing for the most important Brazilian newspapers. Drummond’s
œuvre is a synthesis of the main output of Brazilian
poetry and prose, uniting the avant-garde spirit of the first modernist
generation, existential introspection, social engagement, formal sophistication
and, particularly, direct communication with the reader. His work is now being
republished by Companhia das Letras.
Both sophisticated and popular, it is impossible to
reduce to a few lines the contribution of the "Drummondian"
verses to Brazilian literature. In his first work of
prose Confissões de Minas
(“Confessions from Minas”),
Drummond talks about his origins and
the anonymous human landscape of the
cities in a time marked by the transformation
from a rural Brazil to an urban-industrial one, the Great Crash of 1929 and the
rise of National Socialism in Europe that culminated in the Second World
War, writing with the mastery of
someone whose main tools have
always been reason and sensitivity.
Contos de Aprendiz
(“Tales from the Apprentice”) comprises a collection of chronicles
first published as a regular column
in the newspaper Correio da Manhã. Its fifteen narrations deal with typically Drummondian topics such as remembrance, childhood, love and the inevitable
passing of time. Writing with delicacy and
intelligence and using a calm, orally
cultivated tone, Drummond reveals
himself as the born narrator
he is. Some of the volume’s
stories have become real classics and captivate readers
of all ages to this day.
In his collection Fala, Amendoeira
(“Speak, Almond Tree”),
Drummond turns the astute observations he is known for
into chronicles filled with lyricism
that are simultaneously warm and informal,
gently ironic and mordant, cultivated
and coarse.
For further information,
please visit:
www.carlosdrummonddeandrade.com.br
Rights sold in several languages. Please ask for
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Represented for Riff Agency,
except Spanish, Portuguese and French
Original editions (selection):
Short stories:
Confissões de Minas
Rio de Janeiro: Americ-Editora 1944, 277 p.
São Paulo: Cosac & Naify (forthcoming)
Contos de Aprendiz
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1951, Record 2004; São Paulo:
Companhia das Letras 2012, 189 p.
Passeios na Ilha
Rio de Janeiro: Organização Simões 1952, José Olympio 1975, 160 p.
São Paulo: Cosac & Naify (forthcoming)
Fala Amendoeira
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1957, Record 2004, 189 p.
Cadeira de Balanço
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1966, Record 2009, 272 p.
Caminhos de João Brandão
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1970, Record 2002, 255 p.
O Poder Ultra Jovem
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1972, Record 2011, 288 p.
A Bolsa e a Vida
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1974, Record 2008, 208 p.
Contos Plausíveis
Rio de Janeiro: Record 1981, 207 p.
A Lição do Amigo - Cartas de Mário de
Andrade
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1982, Record 1988, 301 p.
Boca de Luar
Rio de Janeiro: Record 1984, 2009, 224 p.
O Observador no Escritório
Rio de Janeiro: Record 1985, 202 p.
Quando é Dia de Futebol
Rio de Janeiro: Record 2002, 271 p.
Poetry:
Brejo das Almas
Belo Horizonte: Os Amigos do Livro 1934; Rio de Janeiro: Record 2002,
107 p.
Sentimento do Mundo
Rio de Janeiro: Pongetti 1940, Record 2006, 117 p.
A Rosa do Povo
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1945, Record 2008; São Paulo:
Companhia das Letras 2012, 205 p.
Claro Enigma
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1951, Record 2006; São Paulo:
Companhia das Letras 2012, 173 p.
José e Outros (José / Fazendeiro do Ar /
Novos Poemas)
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1955, Record 2006, 175 p.
Boitempo & A Falta que Ama
Rio de Janeiro: Saboa 1968, Record 1986, 2006, 366 p.
Boitempo II (Menino Antigo)
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1973, Record 1986, 2006, 365 p.
Boitempo III (Esquecer para Lembrar)
Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio 1979, Record 2006, 178 p.
Farewell
Rio de Janeiro: Record 1996, 2007, 190 p.
Children & Young Readers:
O Elefante
(Ill. by Regina Vater)
Rio de
Janeiro: Record 1983, 2004, 24 p.
História de Dois
Amores
(Ill. by Ziraldo Alves Pinto)
Rio de
Janeiro: Record 1985, 2008, Luz da Cidade 2000, 37 p.
A Cor de
Cada Um
Rio de
Janeiro: Record 1996, 2005, 39 p.
A Senha do
Mondo
Rio de Janeiro:
Record 1996, 2007, 47 p.
As Palavras que
Ninguém Diz
Rio de
Janeiro: Record 1997, 2007, 121 p.