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Ricardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg (born 1948) is a
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. Born in
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, Sternberg moved to the
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with his family when he was fifteen. He received a
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. Between 1975 and 1978, he was a Junior Fellow with the
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. His poetry has been published in magazines such as ''
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''., He has lived in Toronto, Canada since 1979 teaching Brazilian and Portuguese Literature at the University of Toronto. He is the author of four books. ''Blindsight'', a CD of his readings, was released in 1998 by Cyclops Press.


Bibliography

*''The Invention of Honey''. Montreal: Véhicule, 1990. *''Map of Dreams''. Montreal: Véhicule, 1996. *''Bamboo Church''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. *''Some Dance''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.


Discography

*''Blindsight''. Toronto: Cyclops, 1998.


References


External links


Ricardo Sternberg's websiteRicardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg archival papers
held at th
University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
Review of The Invention of Honey

Review of The Invention of Honey

Review of Map of Dreams

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Bamboo Church

Review of Some Dance {{DEFAULTSORT:Sternberg, Ricardo 1948 births Brazilian emigrants to the United States Brazilian male writers American emigrants to Canada University of California, Riverside alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Harvard Fellows 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian male poets Living people Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Writers from Toronto Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni 20th-century Canadian male writers