Menotti Del Picchia
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Paulo Menotti Del Picchia (March 20, 1892 — August 23, 1988) was a Brazilian
poet, journalist, and painter. He is associated with the Generation of 1922, the first generation of Brazilian modernists
.
Del Picchia was educated in the law, and was a practicing attorney in Itapira
when he began writing poetry. He moved to São Paulo, the city of his birth, and became acquainted with Mário de Andrade
and the other young modernists in the city. He was a member of the Group of Five, along with Andrade, poet Oswald de Andrade
, and painters Tarsila do Amaral
and Anita Malfatti
, and was one of the key participants of the Week of Modern Art
in São Paulo, in February 1922, a watershed event in the history of modernism of arts in Brazil.
Because del Picchia outlived his literary generation, he received in person much more honor for his role in the creation of Modernismo than any of his youthful colleagues. By the time of his death he had received most of the highest governmental, academic, and private honors in Brazil, and his house in Itapira is now a museum.
He occupied the 28th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
from 1943 until his death in 1988.
Literature of Brazil
Brazilian literature is written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, even if prior to Brazil's independence from Portugal, in 1822...
poet, journalist, and painter. He is associated with the Generation of 1922, the first generation of Brazilian modernists
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
.
Del Picchia was educated in the law, and was a practicing attorney in Itapira
Itapira
Itapira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its population in 2004 was 66,861 and the area is 518.89 km². The elevation is 643 m...
when he began writing poetry. He moved to São Paulo, the city of his birth, and became acquainted with Mário de Andrade
Mário de Andrade
Mário Raul de Morais Andrade was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer. One of the founders of Brazilian modernism, he virtually created modern Brazilian poetry with the publication of his Paulicéia Desvairada in 1922...
and the other young modernists in the city. He was a member of the Group of Five, along with Andrade, poet Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade
José Oswald de Andrade Souza was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo....
, and painters Tarsila do Amaral
Tarsila do Amaral
Tarsila do Amaral, , known simply as Tarsila, is considered to be one of the leading Latin American modernist artists, described as "the Brazilian painter who best achieved Brazilian aspirations for nationalistic expression in a modern style." She was a member of the Grupo dos Cinco , which...
and Anita Malfatti
Anita Malfatti
Anita Catarina Malfatti is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European and American forms of Modernism to Brazil...
, and was one of the key participants of the Week of Modern Art
Week of Modern Art
The Modern Art Week was an arts festival in São Paulo, Brazil, that ran from February 11 to February 18, 1922...
in São Paulo, in February 1922, a watershed event in the history of modernism of arts in Brazil.
Because del Picchia outlived his literary generation, he received in person much more honor for his role in the creation of Modernismo than any of his youthful colleagues. By the time of his death he had received most of the highest governmental, academic, and private honors in Brazil, and his house in Itapira is now a museum.
He occupied the 28th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Academia Brasileira de Letras
Academia Brasileira de Letras is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of 40 writers and poets inspired by the Académie Française. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on December 15, 1896, with the statutes being...
from 1943 until his death in 1988.
External links
- Casa Menotti Del Picchia (in Portuguese)
- Biography (in Portuguese)