Yde Schoenbach Blumenschein

Yde (Adelaide) Schloenbach, later Blumenschein by marriage, Brazilian poet best known as Colombina, was born in São Paulo in may 26, 1882.

Poet and chronicler, whe started writing at 13 years old, her first poems being published in "A Tribuna", newspaper of the city of Santos. She wrote for magazines and newspapers like "O Malho", "Fon-Fon", "Careta" and "Jornal das Moças". Besides "Colombina", she also used the pen name of "Paula Brasil".

In 1948 she founded the "Casa do Poeta Lampião de Gás", a literary society that initially met at her own home. This society published a monthly newspaper, "O Fanal", of which she was the publisher.

Her poetry is centered on the theme of love, usually treated in a quite innocent way, though some of her poems have a more erotic vein that caused some scandal at her time. Her last book, "Rapsódia Rubra - Poemas à Carne" ("Red Rapsody - Poems Dedicated to Flesh") reflects this trend, and its highly erotic poetry was particularly polemical at the time of its publishing.

Published books:

"Vislumbres" (Sightings), 1908.

"Versos em lá menor" (Verses in A minor) , 1930.

"Lampião de gás" (Gas Lamp), 1937.

"Sândalo" (Sandalwood), 1941;

"Uma cigarra cantou para você" (A Cicada Sang for You), 1946.

"Distância: poemas de amor e de renúncia" (Distance: Poems of Love and Renounce), 1947

"Gratidão" (Thankfulness), 1954.

"Para você, meu amor" (To You, my Love), 1955.

"Cantares de bem-querer" (Songs of Love), 1956.

"Manto de arlequim" (Harlequin's Gown), 1956.

"Inverno em flor" (Winter in Bloom), 1959.

"Cantigas de luar" (Moonshine Songs), 1960.

"Rapsódia rubra - Poemas à Carne" (Red Rapsody - Poems Dedicated to Flesh), 1961