Helena Parente Cunha (1929— 11 February 2023) was a Brazilian educator and writer.[1]
She was born in Salvador, Bahia[2] and received a PhD in Italian literature and literary theory in 1976. Cunha taught literary theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; at one time, she was the university's Dean of Humanities.[1]
Her 1960 poetry collection Corpo do gozo won the poetry competition of the Secretariat of Education and Culture of Guanabara.[3]
She died on 11 February 2023.[4]
Selected works edit
Source:[1]
- Corpo no cerco (Surrounded body), poetry (1978)
- Maramar (Sea love), poetry (1980)
- Os Provisorios (The tentative), short stories (1980)
- Mulher no espelho (Woman between mirrors), novel (1983), received the Prêmio Cruz e Sousa de Literatura[2]
- As doze cores do vermelho (The twelve colours of red), novel (1988)
- Mulheres Inventadas (Invented Women) (1994)
- A casa e as casas (The house and the houses) (1996)
References edit
- ^ a b c Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0415159806.
- ^ a b Fonseca, Aleilton (2013). Traversée D'océans Travessia de oceanos (in Portuguese). p. 146. ISBN 978-2851576996.
- ^ "Helena Parente Cunha" (in Portuguese). Projeto Releituras.
- ^ Reitoria, Assessoria de Imprensa da. "Adeus a Helena Parente Cunha – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro". ufrj.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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