Orides de Lourdes Teixeira Fontela

Orides de Lourdes Teixeira Fontela (April 24, 1940 — November 2, 1998) was a Brazilian poet, winner of the Prêmio Jabuti and São Paulo Art Critics Association awards.

Life Fontela was born in São João da Boa Vista, in 1940. She published poems in her hometown newspaper O Município, and in O Estado de S. Paulo's Suplemento Literário. She graduated in philosophy at the University of São Paulo.

Fontela was awarded the Jabuti Prize for Poetry, in 1983, for her book Alba; and the São Paulo Art Critics Association award, for the book Teia, in 1996. In 2007 the Brazilian Ministry of Culture honored her posthumously with the Order of Cultural Merit; Helianto (1973) Alba (1983) Rosácea (1986) Trevo (1988) Teia (1996) Poesia Reunida (2006) Poesia completa (2015)