About Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho
Lived 1918 – 2008 (aged 90). Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho was a Brazilian writer and poet.
Afonso Henriques de Guimarães Filho (June 3, 1918 in Mariana – August 28, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro), better known as Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho, was a Brazilian poet.
Son of the symbolist poet Alphonsus de Guimaraens, he was acknowledged by Carlos Drummond de Andrade as one of the purest voices ever heard in verse in Brazil .
Works
Lume de estrelas, 1940 A cidade do sul, 1946 Poesias, 1946 O irmão, 1950 O mito e o criador, 1954 Sonetos com dedicatória, 1956 Novos poemas, 1968 Poema da ante-hora, 1971 Discurso no deserto, 1982 Nó, 1984 Luz de agora, 1991 Todos os sonetos, 1996 Só a noite é que amanhece, 2003
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Who was Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho?
Brazilian writer and poet (1918-2008)
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Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho was born on 3 June 1918 in Mariana.
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Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho died on 28 August 2008 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho was a writer and poet.
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Alphonsus de Guimaraens Filho was Brazilian.
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