Hermes Fontes

Hermes Fontes

Hermes Bartolomeu Martins de Araújo Fontes (born August 28, 1888 in Boquim , Sergipe , † December 25, 1930 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian writer .

Life

Hermes Fontes received a generous scholarship through the mediation of the Governor of Sergipe, Martinho Garcez . This enabled him not only to attend the Liceu Nacional (secondary school) in Rio , but also to study law at the University of Rio de Janeiro (1906) . In 1911 he successfully completed this course.

In the same year Fontes got a job with the magazine Diário de Notícias and as such he significantly supported Ruy Barbosa in his political ambitions. Through his friendship Fontes got a job as an administrative officer. In addition, he continued to write for newspapers and magazines such as "Fon-Fon", "Catea", "Imparcial" and "Folha do Dia".

Domício da Gama and Ruy Barbosa, even as presidents, did not manage to allow their friend Fontes to join the Academia Brasileira de Letras . Since the personal - private as well as political - ambitions of Hermes Fontes could not be achieved, he began to suffer from depression and also developed an inferiority complex . At the age of 42, Hermes Fontes committed suicide on December 25, 1930 in Rio de Janeiro .

Works (selection)

Poetry

• Apoteoses . 1908.
• A Lâmpada Velada . 1922.
• O mundo em Chamas . 1914.
• Míragem do deserto . 1917.

prose

• A margem de um Inquérito . 1913.
• Juízos Efêmeros . 1916.
• Desperate! . 1922.

literature

• Povina Calvacanti: Hermes Fonte. Vida e poesia . Olympia, Rio de Janeiro 1964.
• Hans Paschen: Between Iracema and Macunaíma or the future as the origin. The Brazilian lyric of symbolism . TFM, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-925203-95-8 , pp. 209-219.
• Dieter Reichardt: Latin American authors. Literary dictionary and bibliography of German translations . Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-7711-0152-2 , p. 215.