Dirty Poem

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By Ferreira Gullar

Series: New Directions Poetry Pamphlets

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Dirty Poem, written in 1975 during Ferreira Gullar's political exile in Buenos Aires, is an epic poem that traces the poet's political and artistic evolution against the backdrop of Brazilian society. Drawing on memories of adolescence in Sao Luis do Maranhao during World War II, it confronts the socio-economic inequalities of poverty, sexism, greed, and fear with unflinching honesty. Considered the most important long poem in contemporary Brazilian literature, it captures the spirit and struggles of the Brazilian citizen.
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Ideal for readers interested in epic poetry, Latin American literature, political exile narratives, and culturally significant works exploring social justice and personal memory.

Considered the greatest long poem in 20th century Brazilian poetry, Ferreira's Gullar's Dirty Poem was written as a response to the Brazilian dictatorship that put him in exile and murdered thousands.

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Written in 1975 in Buenos Aires when Ferreira Gullar was in political exile from the Brazilian dictatorship, Dirty Poem is an epic poem that, amid life events, traces the author's political and artistic evolution. It is, by most accounts, the most important long poem of contemporary Brazilian literature.

Scholar and critic Otto Maria Carpeaux wrote: "Dirty Poem deserves to be called 'National Poem' because it embodies all of the experiences, victories, defeats, and hopes in the life of the Brazilian citizen."

It is a hypnotic work that draws on the poet's memory of adolescence in the seaside city of São Luís do Maranhão during World War II and deals openly with the "dirty" shamefulness of a socio-economic system that abuses its citizens with poverty, sexism, greed, and fear.

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Praised by Clarice Lispector as "scandalously beautiful" and evoking the awe of a child before a tropical forest, Dirty Poem is renowned for its hypnotic language and emotional depth. The fine translation by Leland Guyer is noted for faithfully rendering Gullar's rich linguistic textures, from local idioms to expressions of exile and displacement.

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ISBN: 9780811223959

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation

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Translated by Leland Guyer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 125g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Poet, artist, art critic, essayist, dramatist, journalist, and scriptwriter, Ferreira Gullar (b. 1930), is the central figure of the Neo-Concretes and best known for his work Poema Sujo (Dirty Poem). He currently lives and writes in Rio de Janeiro. Leland Guyer is the translator of many Brazilian writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota.

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