Helena Parente Cunha

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Helena Parente Cunha (born 1929) is 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]

Selected works[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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0415159806.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Fonseca, Aleilton (2013). Traversée D'océans Travessia de oceanos (in Portuguese). p. 146. ISBN 978-2851576996.
  3. ^ "Helena Parente Cunha" (in Portuguese). Projeto Releituras.


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