''Clima'' (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: ''Climate'') was a cultural magazine published in

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Ismail Xavier argues that although it existed for a brief period from 1941 to 1944, the magazine significantly influenced

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in Brazil.

History and profile

''Clima'' was established in 1941, and the first issue appeared in May that year. The founders were the Brazilian intellectuals, who were called the Grupo Clima. The magazine was published on a monthly basis. One of the founders was Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes. The others included

Antonio Candido Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic. As a critic of Brazilian literature, he is regarded as having been one of the foremost scholars on the subject ...

, Décio de Almeida Prado, Gilda de Mello e Souza, Ruy Coelho and Lourival Gomes Machado. Antonio Candido also worked for the magazine as a literary critic. ''Clima'' existed until 1944.

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