Herberto Hélder

Herberto Hélder de Oliveira (born November 23 1930, Funchal, Madeira) is a Portuguese poet.

Herberto Helder's poetry and fiction is very visual, and has connections with Surrealism, still his style is difficult to define; he is a praticcioner of experimental poetry and some call him an orphic or visionary poet (that somehow reminds Ezra Pound).

Considered one of the most important living Portuguese poets his poetry is not yet enough studied by academics due to the obscurity of his personality itself (he refuses to take literary prizes, for example) and the complexity of his paradoxal work that has a strange enchantment.

Published works

Poetry

* O Amor em visita (Love in visit), Lisbon, 1958
* A Colher na Boca (The spoon in the mouth), Lisbon, 1961
*Poemacto (Poemact), Lisbon, 1967
*Lugar (Place), Lisbon,1962
*Electronicolirica (Electronicalyrics), Lisbon, 1964
*Húmus (Humus), Lisbon, 1967
*Retrato em movimento (Portrait in movement), Lisbon, 1967
*O bebedor nocturno (The nocturnal drinker), Lisbon, 1968
*O ofício cantante (The singing craft), Lisbon, 1968
*Cobra (Snake/Cobra), Lisbon, 1977
*Photomaton e Vox (Photomaton and Vox), Lisbon, 1979
*Poesia Toda (All Poetry), Lisbon, 1981
*A Cabeça entre as mãos (The head between the hands), Lisbon,1982

Fiction

*Os passos em volta (The steps around), Lisbon, 1963
*Apresentação do rosto (Presentation of the face), Lisbon, 1968