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Armando Freitas Filho

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Armando Freitas Filho

Armando Freitas Filho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1940. Throughout his career, he has experimented with different poetic practices that range from Concrete Poetry to Poesia Práxis to the Marginal Poetry of the late 1970s mimeograph generation. He has twice been awarded the Jabuti Prize, one of the most important literary prizes in Brazil, and shortlisted on numerous occasions. His first work, Palavra, was published in 1963. His complete works up to 2003 are gathered in Máquina de Escrever (2003).

Articles by Armando Freitas Filho

Three Poems
By Armando Freitas Filho
The following previously unpublished poems by Armando Freitas Filho were selected by Heloisa Jahn for Revista Pessoa.Mario and OswaldTranslated by Flávia RochaSuspicious, gay, a man’s…
Translated by Flávia Rocha & Eric M. B. Becker
Hiatus
By Armando Freitas Filho
Loyal tattoo, immune to the time of origin.
Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler
Multilingual
In the Mirror
By Armando Freitas Filho
Under my skin, my father / invades me.
Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler