- Paulo Leminski
Infobox Writer
name = Paulo Leminski Filho
caption = Leminski with the very carachteristic moustache
birthdate = birth date|1944|8|24|df=y
birthplace =Curitiba , Paraná,Brazil
deathdate = death date|1989|6|7|df=y
occupation =Writer ,Poet ,Translator andTeacher Paulo Leminski Filho (
Curitiba ,August 24 ,1944 – Curitiba,June 7 ,1989 ) was aBrazil ian poet and writer. He took pride in being of mixed Polish and African descent.His first small-press collection came out in the late 1970s. Although he never finished college, by the 1980s he knew Japanese, French, and English well enough to do translations. His most noted renderings are of
Alfred Jarry ,James Joyce ,John Fante ,John Lennon ,Samuel Beckett , andYukio Mishima . He also helped to produce a number of albums and was said to have taught judo.Leminski was a prolific poet, wrote experimental prose / essays, occasionally wrote songs, and was a cultural agitator. He was the leading voice of his generation, having followed different paths of Brazilian lyric from the early 1960s through the late 1980s. He contributed to the journal "Invenção", while still a teen and would maintain a strong sense of visuality and layout in his poetic output. Some of Leminski's poetry of the late 1970s/early 1980s has been linked to the controversial labe of "poesia marginal". But his dedication to resolution IN language set him apart. His collections "Caprichos & Relaxos" (1983) and "Distraídos venceremos" (1987) are landmarks. In the latter, his rigor and intertextual urges are clear. A neo-baroque narrative, "Catatau" (1975), has become a cult book. His home town Curitiba has sponsored a yearly celebration of his legacy and cultural vibrancy in Brazil. The event's name PERHAPPINES (maybe-felicity) is taken from a one-liner by the poet.
External links
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/PopBox/kamiquase/chris.htm Translation of an appreciation]
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/PopBox/kamiquase/charles.htm Translations]
* [http://www.secrel.com.br/jpoesia/pl.html#bio Portuguese language site]
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