Henriqueta Lisboa

Statue of Henriqueta Lisboa

Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985) was a Brazilian writer. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis for her lifetime achievement by the Brazilian Academy of Letters. She is famous for her well chosen words to create powerful poems. Her early lyrics deal with traditional poetic themes, while her later poems like Echo, she mysteriously magnifies the effect of a single image.

Several of her poems were translated into other languages: English, French, Spanish, Latin and German. Some of them below:

• The echo– translated by Blanca Lobo Filho
• Ein Dichter war im Krieg– translated by Blanca Lobo Filho
• Palmier des plages– translated by Véra Conradt

Bibliography

• Fogo fátuo, poetry, 1925
• Enternecimento, poetry, 1929
• Velório, poetry, 1936
• Prisioneira da noite, poetry, 1941
• O menino poeta, poetry, 1943 (first edition)
• O menino poeta, poetry, 1975 (special edition)
• O menino poeta, poetry, 1984
• A face lívida, poetry, 1945
• Flor da morte, poetry, 1949
• Almas femininas da América do Sul, essay, 1928
• Alphonsus de Guimaraens, essay, 1945
• A poesia de Ungaretti, essay, 1957
• A poesia de "Grande sertão: veredas", essay, 1958
• Reflexões sobre a história: discurso, essay, 1959
• Antologia poética para a infância e a juventude, compilation, 1961
• Antologia poética para a infância e a juventude, compilation, 1966
• Literatura oral para a infância e a juventude. Lendas, contos e fábulas populares no Brasil, compilation, 1968
• Contos de Dante, translation, 1969
• Poemas escolhidos de Gabriela Mistral, translation, 1969
• Henriqueta Lisboa: poesia traduzida, translation, 2001