Joaquim Maria Moreira Cardozo (August 26, 1897 – November 4, 1978), known as Joaquim Cardozo, was a Brazilian
structural engineer, poet, short-story writer, and editor.
Cardozo moved to
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
in 1940 and worked with the architect
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was ...
on some of his major works,
including on the
Pampulha Modern Ensemble
The Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Portuguese: ''Conjunto Moderno da Pampulha'') is an urban project in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was designed around an artificial lake, Lake Pampulha, in the district of Pampulha and includes a casino, ...
which is now a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...
.
Other works include the
Monument to the Dead of World War II
The Monument to the Dead of World War II ( pt, Monumento Nacional aos Mortos da Segunda Guerra Mundial), also the Monument to the Brazilian Soldiers of World War II, commemorates Brazil's participation and losses in the Second World War (WWII). ...
.
Among his most famous poems is the 1924 ''Recife morto.
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References
1897 births
1978 deaths
Brazilian poets
Structural engineers
20th-century Brazilian engineers
People from Recife
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