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José Oswald de Andrade Souza ( January 11 , 1890October 22 , 1954 ) was a Brazilian Poet and Polemicist . He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo .

Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian Modernism and a member of the Group of Five, along with Mário De Andrade , Anita Malfatti , Tarsila Do Amaral and Menotti Del Picchia . He participated in the Week Of Modern Art (''Semana de Arte Moderna'').

Andrade is best known for his .

Born into a wealthy family, Andrade used his money and connections to support numerous modernist artists and projects. He sponsored the publication of several major novels of the period, produced a number of Experimental Plays , and supported several painters, including Tarsila do Amaral, with whom he had a long affair, and Lasar Segall . His role in the modernist community was made somewhat awkward, however, by his feud with Mário de Andrade, which lasted from 1929 (after Oswald de Andrade published a pseudonymous essay mocking Mário for effeminacy) until Mário de Andrade's premature death in 1945 .


SELECT WORKS

  • ''Manifesto Pau-Brasil'' published in Correio da Manhã on March 18, 1924.

  • ''Manifesto Antropófago'' published in Revista de Antropofagia in 1928 May.

  • ''Meu Testamento'', 1944

  • ''A Arcádia e a Inconfidência'', 1945

  • ''A Crise da Filosofia Messiânica'', 1950

  • ''Um Aspecto Antropofágico da Cultura Brsileira: O Homem Cordial'', 1950

  • ''A Marcha das Utopias'', 1953



REFERENCES

In Portuguese:
  • Boaventura, Maria Eugenia. ''A Vanguarda Antropofágica.'' (1985) São Paulo: Ática.

  • Helena, Lúcia. (1985) ''Totens e tabus da modernidade brasileira: símbolo e alegoria na obra de Oswald de Andrade.'' Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro.

  • Justino, Maria José. (2002) ''O Banquete Canibal: A modernidade em Tarsila do Amaral 1886-1973'' Curitiba: Editora UFPR.

  • Nunes, Benedito. ''Oswald Canibal.'' (1979) São Paulo: Perspectiva.

  • Nunes, Benedito. (1990) ''A Utopia Antropofágica: A Antropofagia ao alcance de todos.'' São Paulo: Globo.

  • Netto, Adriano Bitarães. (2004) ''Antropofagia Oswaldiana: Um Receituário Estético e Científico.'' São Paulo: Annablume.



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