Frederico Barbosa (born

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on February 20, 1961) is a Brazilian

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Places of residence

Barbosa moved with his family to

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, where he currently lives, when he was six. He lived for some time in the

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, in

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and

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Education

Barbosa began undergraduate studies in

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and

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at the

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, where he majored in

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and Brazilian and Portuguese Literature. He never completed his master's program in Brazilian Literature.

Career

A literary critic at the ''Jornal da Tarde'' and ''Folha de S.Paulo'' for some years, he currently directs one of the most important cultural centers in Brazil, the ''Casa das Rosas - Espaço Haroldo de Campos de Poesia e Literatura''.

Awards and recognition

*2008

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— Chosen to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees

Works

His poems have been published in various journals in Brazil. His first book, ''Rarefato'' (Editora Iluminuras, 1990), was chosen by the newspapers ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' and ''O Estado de Minas'' (Belo Horizonte) as one of the best books published in the country that year. His second book, ''Nada Feito Nada'' (Editora Perspectiva,1993), was published by the prestigious Coleção Signos, edited by

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, and was awarded the most important literary prize in the country, the

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. Recently, his poems have been translated and published in anthologies in several countries, as the United States, Australia,

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and Colombia. In 2000, Frederico Barbosa published ''Cinco Séculos de Poesia'' - Anthology of Classic Brazilian Poetry, (Landy Editora) and ''Contracorrente - poems'', (Iluminuras). In 2001 Frederico Barbosa published an annotaded edition of the episodes ''Inês de Castro and O Velho do Restelo'', from The Lusíadas, by

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(Landy Editora) and released his fourth book of poetry, ''Louco no Oco sem Beiras - Anatomia da Depressão'', by Ateliê Editorial. In 2002 Frederico Barbosa published, with Claudio Daniel, an anthology of contemporary Brazilian poetry, ''Na Virada do Século - Poesia de Invenção no Brasil'' (Landy Editora) and released his fifth book of poetry, ''Cantar de amor entre os escombros'', also by Landy. For this publishing house, he created and edits the Alguidar Collection. In 2004 he published ''A Consciência do Zero'' (Lamparina) and won his second Jabuti Prize with ''Brasibraseiro''. In 2016, Frederico started working at Colégio Equipe.

References

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