Haroldo de Campos
Writer, Author
1929 – 2003
Who was Haroldo de Campos?
Haroldo de Campos was a Brazilian poet, critic, professor and translator. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Brazilian Literature since 1950. He did his secondary education at the Colégio São Bento, where he learned his first foreign languages. He and his brother Augusto de Campos, together with Décio Pignatari, formed the poetic group Noigandres that published the experimental journal of the same name, which would launch the Brazilian movement of poesia concreta. Haroldo received his doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of USP, under the guidance of Antonio Candido. Haroldo was professor at the Catholic University, PUC-SP, and visiting professor at Yale and the University of Texas at Austin. His biography was included in the Encyclopædia Britannica in 1997 and he was awarded the Premio Octavio Paz de Poesia y Ensayo, Mexico, in 1999.
In addition to his vast repertory of original poetry and literary essays, Haroldo translated some of the most important literature of the Western tradition into Portuguese, such as Homer's Iliad, prose by James Joyce and poetry by Mallarmé.
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- Born
- Aug 19, 1929
São Paulo - Also known as
- Haroldo Eurico Browne de Campos
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Education
- College of Saint Benedict
- Doctor of Letters, University of São Paulo
( - 1972)
- Lived in
- São Paulo
( - 2003/08/16)
- São Paulo
- Died
- Aug 16, 2003
São Paulo
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on July 23, 2013
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