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PIP Biographies

Francisco Alvim

[Brazil]

1938

Born in Araxá, in the state of Minas Gerais, Francisco Alvim grew up in the area between Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. Upon the publication of his first book, Sol dos cegos (1968), he traveled to Paris, where he lived from 1969-1971. After returning to Brazil he published Passatempo (Pass Time) in 1974 in the pioneering marginal collection “Frenesi.” In 1981, Brasilense Publishing House collected nearly all his works into one volume, Poesias Reunidas (1968-1988). Another book, Claro Enigma was published in 1988 and his O Elefante in 2000.  For several years Alvim served as a diplomat in Spain before retiring to Rio de Janeiro, where he now lives.

BOOKS OF POETRY:

Sol dos cegos (Rio de Janeiro: Edição do autor, 1968); Passatempo (Rio de Janeiro: Caleção Frenesi, 1974); Exemplar Proceder (Rio de Janeiro: Edição, 1975); Lago, Montanha (Rio de Janeiro: Coleção Capricho, 1981); Poesias Reunidas (1968-1988) (São Paulo: Duas Cidades, 1988); O Elefante ( São Paulo: Cia das Letras, 2000).

[Reprinted from The PIP Anthology of World Poetry of the 20 th Century, Volume 3: Nothing the Sun Could Not Explain—20 Contemporary Brazilian Poets]
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