Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti
Geraldo Egídio da Costa Holanda Cavalcanti (born February 6, 1929 in Recife , Pernambuco ) is a Brazilian writer , translator and diplomat .
Life
Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti was born on February 6, 1929 in Recife. In 1951 he graduated from the Law Faculty of Recife ( Faculdade de Direito do Recife ) from his law degree . Previously he was an intern at the Academy of the International Court of Justice in The Hague .
In 1954 he entered the diplomatic service. In 1956 he was transferred to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC , where he worked as a member of the Commission for the Amendment of the Statutes of the Inter-American Development Bank. In 1964 he was transferred to Moscow as an economic attaché. In 1967 he headed the Instituto Brasileiro do Café in New York . In 1973 he was transferred to the Brazilian embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn as consul, 2nd class , and in 1978 was appointed ambassador to UNESCO . From 1982 to 1986 he was ambassador to Mexico . From 1986 to 1990 he was Brazilian Ambassador to the European Commission in Brussels . He played an important role in the negotiations between the EU and Mercosul to remove trade barriers.
In 1991 he asked for his retirement.
Honors
- In 2004 Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti was elected President of the Pen Clube do Brasil .
- Great Cross of Honor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- In 2018 Cavalcanti was awarded a Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura in the category “Best Translation” for Poemas , a poetry anthology by Giuseppe Ungaretti .
Academia Brasileira de Letras
Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti was elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras on June 2, 2010 as the 6th owner of seat no. 29 to succeed José Mindlin . On December 5, 2013, he was elected 51st President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras for the 2014 term.
Works
Volumes of poetry
- O Mandiocal de Verdes Mãos , 1964
- O Elefante de Ludmila , 1965
- A Palavra, 1965
- Poesia Reunida , 1998
- Estação Recife - Coletânea Poética: Antologia dez poetas pernambucanos , 2003
Translations
- Eugênio Montale - Poesias, Seleção, Tradução e Notas, bilingual edition , 1997
- Salvatore Quasimodo - Poesias, Tradução, Seleção e Notas, bilingual edition , 1999 awarded the "Prêmio Paulo Rónai" for translations
- Carlos Pelicer - Antologia Poética: Poemas traduzidos por dez poetas brasileiros , 2005
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
- Literature by and about Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notícias do Acadêmico Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti , academia.org.br, November 22, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavalcanti, Geraldo Holanda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian writer, translator and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recife , Pernambuco |