Wilson Martins
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Wilson Martins was a Brazil
ian literary critic and cultural historian who was a regular contributor for the Jornal do Brasil
and O Estado de S.Paulo.
He graduated from the Universidade Federal do Paraná
and taught at New York University
from 1965 to 1991. In 2002, the Academia Brasileira de Letras
awarded him the Prêmio Machado de Assis
for his lifetime's work.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian literary critic and cultural historian who was a regular contributor for the Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest existent Brazilian paper, after the Diário de Pernambuco and O Estado de São Paulo....
and O Estado de S.Paulo.
He graduated from the Universidade Federal do Paraná
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Federal University of Paraná is a university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.Established on December 19, 1912 and initially named as Universidade do Paraná , the Universidade Federal do Paraná – UFPR is regarded as the oldest Brazilian university.In 1920, the federal government split...
and taught at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
from 1965 to 1991. In 2002, the Academia Brasileira de Letras
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...
awarded him the Prêmio Machado de Assis
Prêmio Machado de Assis
The Prêmio Machado de Assis is a literary prize awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and possibly the most prestigious literary award in Brazil. The prize was founded in 1941, named in memory of the novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis...
for his lifetime's work.
Works
His major works include:- O Modernismo (1965, 5ª ed. 1977) - tr. Jack Tomlins (1971), The modernist idea: a critical survey of Brazilian writing in the twentieth century, New York University Press, ISBN 0814702937 reviewed at http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2168(197202)52%3A1%3C176%3ATMIACS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
- História da Inteligência Brasileira - 7 volumes
- A Crítica Literária no Brasil - 2 volumes
Further reading
- Sanches Neto, M. (1997). Wilson Martins. Editora UFPR. ISBN 8573350148 - in Portuguese
- (2001). Mestre da crítica: edição commemorativa dos 80 anos do crítico literario Wilson Martins, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Nova Iorque. Imprensa Oficial do Paraná. ISBN 8574750328 - in Portuguese
External links
- Bio details, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro - in Portuguese
- Bio details, Revista de Cultura - in Portuguese