Oswald de Andrade

Oswald de Andrade
Andrade in 1920
Andrade in 1920
BornJosé Oswald de Souza Andrade
(1890-01-11)January 11, 1890
São Paulo, Brazil
DiedOctober 22, 1954(1954-10-22) (aged 64)
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupationpoet and polemicist
Literary movementFounder of Brazilian modernism; member of the Group of Five
Notable works
  • Manifesto Pau-Brasil (1924)
  • Pau-brasil (poems, 1925)
  • Estrela de absinto (1927)
  • Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
  • Meu Testamento (1944)
  • A Arcádia e a Inconfidência (1945)
  • A Crise da Filosofia Messiânica (1950)
  • Um Aspecto Antropofágico da Cultura Brasileira: O Homem Cordial (1950)
  • A Marcha das Utopias (1953)

José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954)[1] was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo.[2]

Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia. He participated in the Modern Art Week (Semana de Arte Moderna).

  1. ^ "Oswald de Andrade". educacao.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). July 30, 2005. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  2. ^ Iancoski, Jéssica (May 28, 2021). "Oswald de Andrade: Biography and Poems | Brazilian Poetry". Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-28.

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