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Cassiano Ricardo (July 26, 1895 – January 14, 1974) was a Brazilian journalist, literary critic, and poet.
An exponent of the nationalistic tendencies of Brazilian modernism, he was associated with the ''Green-Yellow'' and ''Anta'' groups of the movement before launching the ''Flag'' group, a
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricardo, Cassiano Brazilian journalists 1895 births 1974 deaths People from São José dos Campos Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Brazilian male poets Brazilian essayists 20th-century Brazilian poets 20th-century essayists 20th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century journalists
Cassiano Ricardo (July 26, 1895 – January 14, 1974) was a Brazilian journalist, literary critic, and poet.
An exponent of the nationalistic tendencies of Brazilian modernism, he was associated with the ''Green-Yellow'' and ''Anta'' groups of the movement before launching the ''Flag'' group, a social-democratic
Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...
reaction to these groups. His work evolved into concrete poetry at the end of his career.
Early life
Cassiano Ricardo was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, in 1895.Career
Ricardo, formerly aSymbolist
Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...
poet, became a late adherent to Brazilian modernism and co-founded the mystical nationalist journal ''Novíssima''. In the following year, 1926, he launched the ''Green-Yellow'' movement, with Menotti del Picchia
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Del Picc ...
, Cândido Motta Filho and Plínio Salgado. In 1928, he co-founded the ''Flag'' group, again with Menotti del Picchia and Cândido Motta Filho.
His 1928 book ''Marcha para Oeste'' supported the frontier for being both anti-liberal and democratic. He held a hierarchical view of such a society with the whites holding "the spirit of adventure and command".
In 1937, he was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, where he campaigned for the Modernist poets to be formally recognized and appreciated.
Bibliography
* ''Dentro da noite'' (1915) * ''A flauta de Pã'' (1917) * ''Jardim das Hespérides'' (1920) * ''A mentirosa de olhos verdes'' (1924) * ''Vamos caçar papagaios'' (1926) * ''Borrões de verde e amarelo'' (1927) * ''Martim Cererê'' (1928) * ''Deixa estar, jacaré'' (1931) * ''Canções da minha ternura'' (1930) * ''Marcha para Oeste'' (1940) * ''O sangue das horas'' (1943) * ''Um dia depois do outro'' (1947) * ''Poemas murais'' (1950) * ''A face perdida'' (1950) * ''O arranha-céu de vidro'' (1956) * ''João Torto e a fábula'' (1956) * ''Poesias completas'' (1957) * ''Montanha russa'' (1960) * ''A difícil manhã'' (1960) * ''Jeremias sem-chorar'' (1964) * ''Os sobreviventes'' (1971)References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricardo, Cassiano Brazilian journalists 1895 births 1974 deaths People from São José dos Campos Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Brazilian male poets Brazilian essayists 20th-century Brazilian poets 20th-century essayists 20th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century journalists