This focus on stimulating the senses also remains loyal to sophias poetry. Sophia was actively involved in catholic movements, and openly oposed salazars dictatorship. Sophia, as she is often referred to in portugal, was born in porto to a wealthy aristocratic family. Carcanet, in association with calouste gulbenkian foundation, instituto da biblioteca nacional e do livro instituto camoes, 1997 ocolc606972400. Throughout her long career, her writing, like the life and history of her people, returned to and revolved about the sea.
Her poems express her deep connection with the natural world, her main subjects being childhood and youth, nature and, above all, the sea. I found poetry before i knew there was literature, i really thought that the poems were not written by. Her body has been in the national pantheon since 2014 and has a library with her name in loule. Archive of hispanic literature on tape library of congress created published 1985. Some poets make poems the way a builder builds a home verse by verse, brick by brick. Filmed at terra nostra park sao miguel island, azores and sintra national park portugal. The first time i read one of her stories i was 10 or 11 years old and i will continue to read her poems for years to come. Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. I love the poems that susie shares on the stuff page, i read and reread them and sometimes daydream about them. She inherited the surname andresen from her paternal grandfather, a danish merchant. She defined poetry as an art of being that does not require my time and labour.
Her vast poetry work and childrens stories books make her one of the main references of our literature, a national pride and. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Please share your own poetry on our sister subreddit, rocpoetry. Ill transcribe them in portuguese and also the corresponding translation to english made by myself. She wrote poetry, essays and short stories, both for adults, younger readers and children. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The act of poetry and the act of living were to her inseparable. Her vast poetry work and childrens stories books make her one of the main references of our literature, a national pride and an object of study for young people at school. She was the first portuguese woman to receive the camoes prize, in 1999. This is why a poem speaks not of ideal life but of actual life. The perfect hour this is the perfect hour when a hush. She was a writer, known for a viagem 1994, o silencio 2020 and um poema por semana 2011. She accepted the notion of inspired poet, she said that her poetry happened to her, like.
Archive of hispanic literature on tape library of congress. Please note that i did my best to convey the message and aura of the poem, which is a very. In 2014, she was unanimously chosen by the parliament with national pantheon honours, the second woman to be so honored, after amalia rodrigues. I argue that andresens body of work could be read as an example of posthuman literature, in that the author gives centerstage to animals, plants and things, who become active participants in her poetry. Besides writing her own poetry, she is known for her childrens books, and her translations of shakespeare and dante into portuguese.
Portuguese poem goes viral, mistaken for work of celebrated. I argue that andresen s body of work could be read as an example of posthuman literature, in that the author gives centerstage to animals, plants and things, who become active participants in her poetry. It does not ask me to have a science or an aesthetics or a theory. She had five children, one of whom is the writer miguel sousa tavares. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. In watching a film one cannot leave traces of the viewing in the way one can with written matter poetry, novels, songs transcribed no underlining of favorite passages, no notes on the margins. It does not ask me to have science, or aesthetics or theories.
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