Poemas

by Ariano Suassuna

Poesia. Ariano Suassuna. Poemas. 1999. Seleção, organização e notas. Carlos Newton Júnior. Luta com a linguagem, para dar perenidade a possibilidade poética na dura realidade do mundo, sendo um vislumbre, ainda que um vislumbre, da verdadeira vida. Por isso, essa poesia permanece como um emblema heráldico à rude grandeza da Vida, que sempre cumpre ao Sonho habitar. Editora Universitária - Universidade Federal De Pernambuco. 269 pp.

269 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Ariano Suassuna (born João Pessoa, 1927) is a Brazilian playwright and author. He is in the "Movemento Amorial". He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco. Four of his plays have been filmed and he is considered one of Brazil's greatest living playwrights. He is also an important regional writer doing various novels set in the Northeast of Brazil. He received an honorary doctorate at a ceremony performed at a circus. He is the author of, among other works, the "Auto da Compadecida" and "A Pedra do Reino". He is a staunch defender of the culture of the Northeast, and his works deal with the popular culture of the Northeast.