Cassiano Ricardo
Cassiano Ricardo in 1937
Cassiano Ricardo in 1937
Born(1895-07-26)July 26, 1895
São José dos Campos, Brazil
DiedJanuary 14, 1974(1974-01-14) (aged 78)
OccupationJournalist, literary critic, poet
GenreConcrete poetry, symbolist poetry
Literary movementBrazilian modernism

Cassiano Ricardo (July 26, 1895 – January 14, 1974) was a Brazilian journalist, literary critic, and poet.

An exponent of the nationalistic tendencies of Brazilian modernism, he was associated with the Green-Yellow and Anta groups of the movement before launching the Flag group, a social-democratic reaction to these groups. His work evolved into concrete poetry at the end of his career.[citation needed]

Early life

Cassiano Ricardo was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo in 1895.[1]

Career

Cassiano Ricardo (right) in 1960

Ricardo, formerly a Symbolist poet, became a late adherent to Brazilian modernism and co-founded the mystical nationalist journal Novíssima.[1] In the following year, 1926, he launched the Green-Yellow movement,[1] with Menotti del Picchia, Cândido Motta Filho and Plínio Salgado.[2] In 1928, he co-founded the Flag group, again with Menotti del Picchia and Cândido Motta Filho.[3]

His 1928 book Marcha para Oeste supported the frontier for being both anti-liberal and democratic.[4] He held a hierarchical view of such a society with the whites holding "the spirit of adventure and command".[5]

In 1937, he was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, where he campaigned for the Modernist poets to be formally recognized and appreciated.[3]

Bibliography

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c Balderston & Gonzalez 2004, p. 492.
  2. ^ Bosi 2015, p. 366.
  3. ^ a b Bosi 2015, p. 391.
  4. ^ Aguiar 1979, pp. 20–23.
  5. ^ Garfield 2001, p. 32.
Sources
  • Aguiar, Neuma (1979). The Structure of Brazilian Development. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-87855-138-7.
  • Balderston, Daniel; Gonzalez, Mike, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900–2003. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415306874.
  • Bosi, Alfredo (2015) [1970]. História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Cultrix. ISBN 978-85-316-0189-7.
  • Garfield, Seth (2001). Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil: State Policy, Frontier Expansion, and the Xavante Indians, 1937–1988. Durham & London: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822326656.

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Preceded byPaulo Setúbal Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 31st chair 1937 — 1974 Succeeded byJosé Cândido de Carvalho
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