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Cecília Meireles

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Brazilian writer (1901-1964)

BrazilJournalistsLived 1901 to 1964 · aged 63
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Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles was a Brazilian writer and educator, known principally as a poet.

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An ink drawing of Meireles disembarking in Lisbon, by her first husband, Fernando Correia Dias.An ink drawing of Meireles disembarking in Lisbon, by her first husband, Fernando Correia Dias.

Awards 2

1997Prêmio Jabuti
1965Prêmio Machado de Assis

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Gilberto FreyreAlso won Prêmio Machado de AssisLygia Fagundes TellesAlso won Prêmio JabutiErico VerissimoAlso won Prêmio Machado de AssisMarcelo Rubens PaivaAlso won Prêmio JabutiGuimarães RosaAlso won Prêmio Machado de AssisRachel de QueirozAlso won Prêmio Machado de Assis

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Cecília 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 female poet from Brazil, though she objected to the word poetess because of gender discrimination.

Country
Brazil
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1964 · aged 63
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17 languages

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