Isabel Meyrelles (born 1929) is a Portuguese surrealist sculptor and poet. Born in

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

, Meyrelles set up the Portuguese Surrealist group in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

after meeting Mario Cesariny and Artur do Cruzeiro in 1949. She studied sculpture with Americo Gomes and Antonio Duarte before moving to Paris where she studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Poetry

* ''Em voz baixa'' (In a Low Voice), 1951 * ''Palavras Nocturnas'' (Night Words), 1954 * (ed.) ''Anthologie de poesie portugaise'', 1971 * (trans.) ''Labyrinth du chant'' by

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos or Mário Cesariny (August 9, 1923 – November 26, 2006) was a Portuguese surrealist poet and painter. He published several major works of poetry during a career spanning 50 years. Cesariny was also a painter, but hi ...

* ''O Rostro Deserto'', 1966

References

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