Astrid Cabral

Astrid Cabral Félix de Sousa (born 1936) is one of the most eminent contemporary poets in Brazil.

During the 1950s she was a member of the innovative literary movement known as Clube da Madrugada. She holds a degree in English from Institute Brazil-United States. In 1962 she joined the faculty of the University of Brasilia, but resigned for political reasons following the military coup of 1964. With the re-establishment of democracy in 1988, she was able to resume her academic career. [Cabral A. "Cage" Host Publications 2008.]

Works

* "Ponto de cruz" (1979)
* "Torna-viagem" (1981)
* "Lição de Alice: poemas 1980-1983" (1986)
* "Visgo da terra" (1986)
* "Rês desgarrada" (1994)
* "De déu em déu" (1998)
* "Intramuros" (1998)
* "Rasos d’água" (2003).

References

External links

* [http://www.poems.com/poem.php?date=14023 Three poems]
* [http://www.revista.agulha.nom.br/astridcabral.html Poems]

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