19. 10. 1913 - 09. 07. 1980
Born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
He made his poetry «a permanent amazement at everything»
(Antônio Cândido). Poet and musician. The simple, everyday, but fundamental, shines through both his writing and songs.

The mobile line of the horizon
Throws the sun up as in diabolo
The winds far away
Sweetly swing the hair of the rock
Passing beams the first car, the last star
The woman coming forward
Seems to create spheres exalted by the space
The fishermen pulling the trawler seem to move the world
The school of porpoises in the distance seems to move the sea

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