Mario de Miranda Quintana, better known as Mario Quintana, can be considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Mario immersed himself in various aspects and areas during his life, wrote poems, was a journalist, translator, acquaintance as a poet of simple things, a style based on irony, technical perfection and depth in his works literary. Let's get to know a little more about his life trajectory and his main works that still enchant thousands of readers in love with the writer?
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Mario Quintana Born on July 30, 1906, in the city of Alegrete, in Rio Grande do Sul, he died at the age of 88, in 1994, leaving a great poetic legacy. Already in his childhood he demonstrated that he was a great forerunner in literary art, he was literate in his own home and at the age of 7 he already knew how to speak Frances.
In 1919, Mario Quintana was enrolled in a military school in Porto Alegre and in the same year he started to produce his first literary works, they were published by the magazine of the school.
With this perspective on life, and with things flowing on the right path at the military college, the first hurdle in the writer's life came, Mario found himself sick and had to interrupt his studies at school, but nothing was lost, with the departure of the institution, Mario began working at Livraria Globo, this nationally renowned bookstore, working in this publishing house the writer met people of great importance, we have as an example the writer Mansueto Bernardi
Unfortunately, another barrier arose in the writer's life, he stayed at the job for only 3 months, given this reality and with no options present in the moment, Mario Quintana returned to his hometown and went to work with his father in the pharmacy, after some time, Mario's parents Quintana died, leaving him totally lost and not knowing what to really do from then on, with no defined profession and no cash.
With this scenario and facing difficulties, Mario decided to return to Porto Alegre, began working in the editorial office of Jornal Estado do Rio Grande, but unfortunately the tide was out for a fish in the writer's life, the newspaper had to close its doors after a year of work, with that, Mario felt lost again.
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After some time of what happened, he managed to find a way to earn money, and translated “Words of Blood” by Giovanni Papini, for publisher Globo, with this opportunity within the publisher, Mario managed to translate other various works within the Journal, being a decisive scenario in the life of Quintana.
In 1940, he published A Rua dos Cata-ventos, marking his first book of sonnets, fortunately the book was a great success, with this repercussion positive for the writer's life, Mario began to write and publish several other poetic works, all of great success and repercussion in the medium literary.
After all this difficult path, Mario managed to establish himself in the world of literature, at the height of his 34 years old, published his first work “A Rua dos Cata-ventos”, a book aimed at children and published in 1940, among others works, such as:
These are just some of his great works published by the writer, in 2001, 7 years after his death, the poetry water was published:
“A poem like a drink of water drunk in the dark.
Like a poor throbbing wounded animal.
Like a little silver coin lost forever in the
[night forest.
A poem with no anguish other than its mysterious condition
[from poem.
Sad.
Lonely.
Single.
Wounded with deadly beauty."
In addition to poetry, Mario Quintana also immersed himself in Children's Literature, such as Lili inventa o Mundo, 1983 and Sapo Amarelo de, 1984, among others. With the anthologies, there were a total of 9 works, among them are Antologia Poética, 1966, Na volta do canto, 1979 and Ora Bolas, 1994, the year of his death.
Faced with so many works of great relevance in the literary world, Mario Quintana only became aware of it in 1966, it is in that year that his works gain national-level knowledge, later Mario wins the Fernando Chinaglia Award from the Brazilian Union of Writers, this award occurred through his great work “Antologia Poética”, and he did not stop there, in the same year he received great honors from the Brazilian Academy of Letters, deserved isn't it?
In addition to these awards, he received great honors in Porto Alegre, a city that was part of his life trajectory, in this The same space was adapted in place of the Hotel Majestic a cultural center that takes its name: “Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana”.
Mario Quintana didn't bother writing what was in fashion, his literature is based on a humble style, well Mario Quintana of being, for this fact, he made the writer to become a popular poet, without major ties, and loved by those who are in love with his construction.
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